Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF559

Synertex LLC has been awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) with a ceiling value of $151 billion over a 10-year period of performance through December 28, 2035. This contract, titled Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD), procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. The procurement encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threat domains. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations, enabling multiple qualified contractors to compete for awards. Work is anticipated to be performed in Huntsville, Alabama, with resultant task and delivery orders utilizing various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes and potentially requiring appropriate facility clearances for classified and unclassified programs.

The initial task order under the SHIELD IDIQ contract, awarded to Synertex LLC on December 29, 2025, is a firm fixed-price delivery order with a ceiling value of $500 and a completion date of December 28, 2035, for the SHIELD initial order. The MDA intends to leverage the contract vehicle to support both classified and unclassified programs, incorporating advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to provide comprehensive, layered protection against ballistic, hypersonic, cruise missiles, and other advanced aerial attacks across all phases of flight. This represents a significant long-term investment in homeland defense capabilities, positioning the SHIELD IDIQ as a centralized contracting mechanism enabling the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders under a single flexible contract structure. All potential offerors were required to register in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) to be eligible for contract award, with the procurement utilizing responsible source evaluation criteria emphasizing technical acceptability and fair and reasonable pricing determinations.