Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF504

Sapphire Innovative Solutions Inc., an SBA-certified service-disabled veteran-owned small business, was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on January 21, 2026, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a performance period through December 28, 2035. This is a full and open competition vehicle with no set-aside designations, issued under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. The contract requires the contractor to provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities to support the delivery of advanced multi-domain defense systems and related services. The initial delivery order issued under this IDIQ, valued at $500 and awarded the same date, is designated the SHIELD Initial Order and is performed at the MDA facility in Huntsville, Alabama, utilizing firm fixed price contract terms.

The SHIELD IDIQ procurement aims to establish a comprehensive contracting mechanism to support research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, and modernization of layered defense capabilities. The contract will facilitate rapid acquisition of technologies and solutions capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing multi-domain threats including air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, and allies. Work areas encompass advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, with task orders anticipated across multiple NAICS codes and security classification levels. The vehicle is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs, positioning it as a flexible enterprise-wide ordering mechanism for MDA and other Department of Defense entities to execute the nation's long-term homeland defense objectives.