Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF552

Strategic Technical Services LLC has been awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contract valued at $151 billion by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), with an award date of January 21, 2026, and an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This contract, titled the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, is a full and open competition vehicle with no set-aside designations, designed to procure advanced multi-domain defense systems 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 threat domains. The contract encompasses a comprehensive scope of work including research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and support for ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile defense initiatives. As a multiple-award IDIQ structure, the contract will enable the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to issue individual task and delivery orders utilizing various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes, with work potentially at different classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances.

Strategic Technical Services LLC, a for-profit limited liability company headquartered in Carmel, Indiana, and registered in the System for Award Management since 2010, will deliver all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required to perform this requirement. The contractor's qualifications include demonstrated expertise in information technology, web development, technical consulting, systems engineering, software development, and professional support services across multiple government sectors, with prior experience supporting the Departments of Justice, Army, Air Force, and Navy. The SHIELD contract vehicle is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, positioning it as a comprehensive long-term contracting solution for the nation's multi-layered homeland defense requirements throughout the 10-year period of performance.