Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF451

The Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract, awarded by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, establishes a $151 billion master contract vehicle with a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This full and open competition award, utilizing no set-asides, was made to multiple qualifying contractors determined to be responsible sources with technically acceptable proposals and fair and reasonable pricing. RKF Engineering Solutions, LLC, a veteran-owned small business headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, secured a position on this multiple-award IDIQ as one of the selected contractors. The contract requires contractors to provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities incidental to performance in accordance with order terms, establishing the foundational framework through which the Missile Defense Agency will issue individual task and delivery orders over the contract's 10-year term.

The SHIELD IDIQ solicitation targets advanced, multi-domain defense system capabilities designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, and allied nations across all phases of ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile flight. Work scope encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies development, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity initiatives, and modernization efforts. The contract is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and NAICS codes, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Individual task orders will utilize various contract types and may require performance at facilities with appropriate security clearances, positioning the SHIELD IDIQ as a comprehensive, long-term contracting mechanism to fulfill the nation's multi-layered homeland defense requirements.