Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF603

The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to The Bizzell Group LLC and other qualifying contractors for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. This contract, valued at $151 billion with a performance period extending through December 28, 2035, was awarded on December 29, 2025, with no small business set-aside designation. The SHIELD IDIQ represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense procurement vehicle designed to support national defense objectives through the development, testing, and deployment of an advanced defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, and allied nations. The contract encompasses a broad scope of work including research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and related support services. Work performance is distributed across multiple locations, with The Bizzell Group's initial task order being performed in Huntsville, Alabama.

Under the SHIELD IDIQ structure, the government intends to award delivery orders and task orders to all qualifying offerors demonstrating responsible contractor status, technical acceptability, and fair and reasonable pricing across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes and security classification levels. Individual orders will utilize various contract types and pricing mechanisms to support both classified and unclassified defense programs, leveraging emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. The Bizzell Group LLC's initial delivery order, valued at $500 under a Firm Fixed Price arrangement, constitutes the initial action under this enterprise-wide contracting vehicle that is structured to enable the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly procure advanced defense capabilities through a flexible, multi-award mechanism over the 10-year period of performance.