Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF721

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to BAQ Solutions II LLC (UEI: SJBQDL5VW526) on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a performance period extending through December 28, 2035. This contract, identified as the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ, was awarded through full and open competition with no set-aside provisions. Under this vehicle, the prime contractor shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required to support the Missile Defense Agency's multi-domain defense objectives. The initial delivery order, valued at five hundred dollars and issued on the same award date, is designated as the SHIELD Initial Order and is structured as a Firm Fixed Price delivery order with performance scheduled in Huntsville, Alabama.

The SHIELD IDIQ procurement is designed to acquire an advanced, integrated defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats. Work scope encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technology evaluation, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity initiatives, and modernization efforts. The contract is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and utilizes various contract types under different North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes. The vehicle is engineered to provide the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities with a flexible contracting mechanism to rapidly issue orders leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, thereby positioning the SHIELD IDIQ as a comprehensive contracting solution for the nation's layered homeland defense requirements.