Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF372

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Nextera Technology Solutions LLC (UEI: E4AJRAN8U9L5) on January 21, 2026, for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. This full and open competition contract, utilizing no set-aside designations, carries a ceiling value of $151 billion over a ten-year period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. The contract enables the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue multiple task and delivery orders across various contract types and NAICS codes 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.

The SHIELD IDIQ encompasses a comprehensive range of work areas including research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and layered protection capabilities against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. The contract vehicle is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Individual task and delivery orders will be issued at various classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances, and all potential offerors were required to register in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) to be eligible for award under this long-term strategic contracting mechanism.