Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF799

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract titled Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) to McBride Consulting LLC, a minority-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, effective December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This procurement utilized full and open competition with no set-aside designations and was structured to support the development and delivery of an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the U.S. homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. The contract encompasses a comprehensive range of work areas including research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts, leveraging advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures.

The initial delivery order issued under the SHIELD contract, awarded on December 29, 2025, carries a ceiling value of $500 and is scheduled for completion by December 28, 2035, with performance to occur in Huntsville, Alabama. The contract structure accommodates both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and will support individual task and delivery orders utilizing various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes, with work potentially conducted at different classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances. McBride Consulting's selection as a prime contractor reflects its demonstrated expertise in federal consulting, program management, and technical services, positioning the firm to compete for task orders supporting MDA's comprehensive, long-term investment in national layered defense capabilities.