Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF489

Seaward Services, Inc. was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a performance period extending through December 28, 2035. The Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ contract represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense procurement vehicle designed to support advanced defense capabilities across research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, and test and evaluation activities. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations and supports both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security classification levels. An initial delivery order was issued on the same date with a nominal ceiling value of $500 and a place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama, establishing the baseline task order mechanism under this IDIQ vehicle.

The SHIELD contract procures solutions for detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains throughout all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. The procurement encompasses disruptive technologies, cybersecurity, modernization efforts, and systems supporting multi-layered protection capabilities. While Seaward Services, Inc. has historically specialized in maritime operational and logistics support through contracts with Naval Sea Systems Command and the Military Sealift Command, its award under the SHIELD IDIQ indicates expansion into broader defense technology and systems integration work with the Missile Defense Agency. Individual task and delivery orders under the IDIQ will utilize various contract types and pricing mechanisms across multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to support the nation's layered defense requirements.