Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF567

Tristar, Inc., a service-disabled veteran-owned small business based in Bloomington, Indiana, was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, as part of the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. This indefinite delivery vehicle carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035, utilizing full and open competition with no set-aside designations. The contract was established through a pre-solicitation process initiated in May 2025, with the final solicitation released in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025. Under the terms of this IDIQ, Tristar shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required to support the Missile Defense Agency's multi-domain defense objectives.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract procures an advanced, integrated defense system capability designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats to United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threat domains. Work areas encompass research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts spanning multiple phases of flight for ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. The contract structure supports both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Individual task and delivery orders will be issued across various contract types and multiple North American Industry Classification System codes, with anticipated performance locations in multiple states and potential facility clearance requirements at different classification levels.