Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF254

The Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, awarded to Gormat, LLC on December 29, 2025, represents a comprehensive defense procurement vehicle with a $151 billion ceiling value extending through December 28, 2035. Funded by the Missile Defense Agency, this full and open competition contract (no set-asides) establishes a flexible contracting mechanism to procure an advanced, multi-domain defense system designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, and allied nations. The contract scope encompasses research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and disruptive technology initiatives. Work will address air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles, leveraging emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. The contract structure accommodates both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains, with individual task and delivery orders issued under various contract types and NAICS codes requiring appropriate facility clearances.

The initial task order, awarded concurrently on December 29, 2025, carries a ceiling value of $500 and is designated as a firm fixed-price delivery order with performance in Huntsville, Alabama, serving as the primary place of performance. While this initial order represents minimal monetary value, it establishes the ordering mechanism for subsequent task orders to be issued throughout the contract period. The SHIELD IDIQ contract originated from a pre-solicitation notice posted on May 21, 2025, with final solicitation release anticipated in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025, establishing a 10-year period of performance consisting of a base ordering period and optional ordering periods. This contracting vehicle reflects a strategic long-term investment positioning the Missile Defense Agency to rapidly issue orders across multiple work areas while maintaining the flexibility to engage qualified contractors in support of integrated national defense objectives.