Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF231

The Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, awarded to Herren Associates Inc. by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, represents a comprehensive, $151 billion defense procurement vehicle with a performance period extending through December 28, 2035. This full and open competition contract with no set-asides is structured to support multi-domain defense capabilities across research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization initiatives. The contract will procure an advanced layered defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles, as well as other advanced aerial attacks.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and facility clearance levels. Individual task and delivery orders will be issued under various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes, enabling the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly procure capabilities through a flexible contracting mechanism. Herren Associates, a Subchapter S Corporation with extensive experience in engineering and management consulting, systems engineering, program management, and cost engineering support for federal defense agencies, will serve as a prime contractor under this vehicle, with the contract structure anticipated to support multiple awards to qualifying offerors meeting responsibility, technical acceptability, and pricing standards.