Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF505

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Sawtst LLC, a minority-owned, veteran-owned small business based in Newnan, Georgia, with an ultimate completion date of December 29, 2035, and a ceiling value of $151 billion. This contract vehicle, designated Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD), represents a comprehensive, long-term procurement mechanism designed to support national defense objectives through multi-domain defense capabilities. The contract encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The SHIELD contract is structured to procure an advanced defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all flight phases, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. Work will be performed in Huntsville, Alabama, and other locations as designated by individual task orders, utilizing both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains.

The initial delivery order, awarded on December 29, 2025, carries a ceiling value of $500 on a firm fixed-price basis and is scheduled for completion by December 28, 2035. The contract was awarded without set-asides through full and open competition, allowing all qualified contractors to compete for multiple awards under the IDIQ structure. The procurement leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, with individual task and delivery orders utilizing various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes and potentially issuing orders at different classification levels. This contract vehicle is designed to enable the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders under a single flexible contracting mechanism for sustained homeland and force protection capabilities.