Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF655

The Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract is a multiple-award vehicle awarded to Corporation Utopiacompression (UEI: HR7PGAJ92Z97) by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This full and open competition contract utilizes no set-aside designations and represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense procurement mechanism designed to support national defense objectives through the detection, tracking, interception, and neutralization of air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats targeting the U.S. homeland, deployed forces, and allies. The contract encompasses a broad scope of work including research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across multiple security classifications and NAICS codes, with individual task and delivery orders potentially requiring various facility clearances and leveraging advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and open systems architectures.

The initial task order under this IDV, designated as the SHIELD Initial Order and valued at $500 under a firm fixed-price arrangement, was awarded concurrently on December 29, 2025, with a place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama. Corporation Utopiacompression, a small technology company specializing in autonomous systems, computer vision, and machine learning with a demonstrated track record of executing defense-related research and development contracts through the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs, is positioned to provide advanced technological solutions supporting the Missile Defense Agency's multi-layered homeland defense requirements. The solicitation process commenced with a pre-solicitation notice posted on May 21, 2025, with a September 15, 2025 due date, and the final Request for Proposal was anticipated for release in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025, establishing a contracting vehicle intended to enable rapid task order issuance for both classified and unclassified defense programs.