Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF635

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Tripoint Solutions, LLC, an 8(a) certified small disadvantaged business, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance through December 28, 2035. The Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) contract represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense procurement vehicle designed to support national defense objectives through research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and disruptive technology initiatives. The contract scope encompasses capabilities to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile defense systems. Work will be performed utilizing full and open competition with no set-asides, allowing all qualified contractors to compete for multiple awards under the IDIQ structure, with individual task orders employing various contract types and pricing mechanisms across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes.

The initial task order awarded to Tripoint Solutions on December 29, 2025, is the SHIELD Initial Order, valued at $500 (firm fixed-price), with place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama. The contract is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs requiring appropriate facility clearances and security domain compliance, with work leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. The SHIELD IDIQ vehicle enables the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders under a single flexible contracting mechanism, establishing a long-term investment framework for the nation's layered defense requirements and providing a government-wide acquisition solution for multi-domain threat response capabilities.