Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF264

Gridiron IT Solutions LLC, a Women-Owned Small Business certified IT professional services firm, was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract on December 29, 2025, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program administered by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), a defense agency within the Department of Defense. The contract carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035, utilizing full and open competition with no small business set-asides. Under this vehicle, Gridiron IT Solutions will provide IT professional services and staffing solutions to support the government's advanced, multi-domain defense system capabilities, drawing on its experience as a staffing and recruiting firm specializing in placing IT professionals across software development, database administration, systems engineering, and IT project management roles.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity operations, and modernization efforts to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains. Task orders issued under this vehicle will support national defense objectives through continuous, layered protection against ballistic, hypersonic, cruise missiles, and advanced aerial attacks, leveraging emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Individual task and delivery orders may be issued at various classification levels and across multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes, with Gridiron IT Solutions positioned to provide flexible staffing and IT professional services across both classified and unclassified programs throughout the 10-year period of performance.