Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF297

The Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, awarded by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, represents a $151 billion defense procurement vehicle with a ten-year period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This full and open competition contract with no set-asides was awarded to ICR Inc., a Colorado-based defense contractor specializing in advanced technology solutions and operational support. The contract utilizes a multiple award structure under which the government intends to award to all qualifying offerors meeting the criteria of FAR 15.304(c)(1)(ii), including responsibility determinations, technical acceptability, and fair and reasonable pricing. The SHIELD vehicle is designed to serve as a comprehensive enterprise-wide contracting mechanism enabling the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue delivery orders and task orders across multiple contract types and NAICS codes.

The SHIELD IDIQ procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system and supporting services encompassing research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The contract scope addresses detection, tracking, interception, and neutralization of air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles targeting United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners. The vehicle is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and will leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Individual task and delivery orders will be issued at varying classification levels, with offerors required to maintain appropriate facility clearances and registration in the System for Award Management to support the government's multi-layered defense requirements.