Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF537

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to SPE Systems Inc. (SBA Certified Women-Owned Small Business, UEI: XHV9WQJNE2D6) on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This ten-year contract vehicle, designated the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations, allowing qualified contractors to compete for multiple awards. The contract structure supports both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and will accommodate task and delivery orders utilizing various contract types and NAICS codes, with performance locations spanning multiple geographic areas including Huntsville, Alabama. Work under this IDV encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts.

The SHIELD contract aims to procure an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains. The contract will support defense against ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles as well as other advanced aerial attacks throughout all phases of flight. The procurement leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to provide continuous, layered protection. The initial task order issued to SPE Systems Inc. on December 29, 2025, carries a ceiling value of $500 and a Firm Fixed Price structure, with performance located in Huntsville, Alabama, supporting the government's national defense objectives through a flexible, enterprise-wide contracting mechanism designed to enable rapid order issuance.