Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF607

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to The Dcode Group Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based innovation consulting firm, with an effective award date of January 21, 2026, and an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This contract, issued under full and open competition with no set-aside designation, carries a ceiling value of $150,000,000,000 and represents a comprehensive contracting vehicle designated the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. The Dcode Group Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business and woman-owned small business, will provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required for performance under this contract in accordance with the terms of issued task orders. As a multiple award vehicle, this IDIQ establishes a framework through which the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities can rapidly issue delivery orders for services and solutions supporting the nation's multi-layered defense requirements.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract supports research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across multiple defense domains. The contract is structured to procure advanced, multi-domain defense system capabilities capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. Individual task and delivery orders will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes and may operate at different security classification levels, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. The Dcode Group Inc.'s established expertise in innovation consulting, technology transition support, and program management across multiple defense agencies positions it to support MDA's modernization and rapid integration objectives under this 10-year contracting vehicle.