Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF580

Tiburon Associates Inc. (UEI: JMNFRULWQTF1) was awarded a multiple award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on January 21, 2026, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a performance period extending through December 28, 2035. This contract vehicle, designated the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ, utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations. The contract is structured to enable MDA and other Department of Defense entities to flexibly procure advanced multi-domain defense capabilities through individual task and delivery orders that will employ various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes. Performance may occur at classified and unclassified facility levels, requiring appropriate security clearances for certain orders.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract aims to procure an advanced, integrated defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threat domains. Contracted work encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts spanning all phases of flight for ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats. The contract vehicle leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to deliver comprehensive, multi-layered defense capabilities. Tiburon Associates Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation based in Grand Rapids, Michigan with prior experience supplying specialized hardware components to the Army and Navy, will supply all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required for performance under this enterprise-wide contracting mechanism.