Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF765

Guardian Government Services JV, LLC was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract 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. The contract represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense procurement vehicle designed to support the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, which aims to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. The procurement encompasses a broad range of activities including research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. No set-aside designations were utilized, allowing the contract to leverage full and open competition principles and capitalize on technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to enhance national defense capabilities.

The initial task order under this IDIQ, titled "SHIELD Initial Order," was awarded on December 29, 2025, at a firm fixed price of five hundred dollars, with the same December 28, 2035 completion date. Work will be performed in Huntsville, Alabama, a location historically associated with aerospace and defense activities. As a Multiple Award IDIQ vehicle, the contract structure enables the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue delivery orders across multiple contract types and NAICS codes to qualified contractors, with the flexibility to support both classified and unclassified programs at various security classification levels. The contractor is required to provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities incidental to performance in accordance with individual order terms, positioning the SHIELD IDIQ as a strategic, long-term contracting solution for the nation's integrated air and missile defense requirements.