Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF300

The Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract was awarded by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to Ho-Chunk Shared Services Company (doing business as Thunder Ridge Solutions Company) on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a performance period extending through December 28, 2035. This is a multiple-award, full and open competition contract with no set-aside designations, structured to support the MDA's multi-domain defense objectives. The contract supports research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The SHIELD IDIQ is designed to procure an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains, addressing threats from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles throughout all phases of flight.

Individual task and delivery orders under the SHIELD IDIQ will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes and will support both classified and unclassified programs at different security classification levels. The contract vehicle leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to enable rapid issuance of orders supporting the nation's layered defense requirements. As a Small Business Administration-certified 8(a) Program Participant, Ho-Chunk Shared Services Company brings extensive federal contracting experience through its portfolio of existing Indefinite Delivery Vehicles, including the $4 billion Navy SeaPort-NXG contract and the $50 billion STARS III Government-Wide Acquisition Contract, positioning the company to execute the comprehensive, long-term investment required for national homeland defense capabilities.