Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF474

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Reliance Test & Technology, LLC (UEI: LFMMBZEMM2X3) under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) master contract vehicle. This is an open competition award with no set-asides, structured to support the procurement of an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats. The contract was awarded on December 29, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035, providing a ten-year period of performance. The ceiling value is $151,000,000,000.00, representing a substantial long-term investment in homeland defense capabilities for the Department of Defense.

Work performed under this IDIQ contract encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts supporting multi-layered protection of the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. The contract structure accommodates both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and utilizes various contract types across multiple NAICS codes, with individual task and delivery orders issued as requirements arise. The procurement leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. All potential offerors were required to demonstrate responsibility, technical acceptability, and fair and reasonable pricing under FAR 15.304(c)(1)(ii) guidelines, with contract performance anticipated across multiple facility clearance levels to support national defense objectives.