Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF569

Unconventional Concepts, Inc. (UEI: HARAQFMJU121), a small business defense contractor based in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program on December 29, 2025. The contract is funded by the Missile Defense Agency, a defense-focused federal agency, and carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This award was issued without set-aside designation, allowing full and open competition among qualified contractors. Under the terms of this indefinite delivery vehicle, UCI is obligated to provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required to perform work in accordance with individual task and delivery orders issued throughout the contract period.

The SHIELD contract serves as a comprehensive, multi-domain defense procurement vehicle designed to address evolving threats to U.S. homeland security, deployed forces, and allied nations. Work areas encompass research and development, prototyping, disruptive technology development, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity enhancements, and modernization of layered defense capabilities. The contract specifically targets detection, tracking, interception, and neutralization of air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all flight phases, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile systems. Task and delivery orders will be issued across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes and at various classification levels, supporting both classified and unclassified programs while leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Individual orders will utilize differing contract types and performance specifications as determined by government requirements.