Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF817

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Paragon Technology Group Inc., a service-disabled veteran-owned small business, on December 29, 2025, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. The contract carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with a period of performance through December 28, 2035, utilizing full and open competition with no set-aside restrictions. Under this vehicle, the contractor shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required to support MDA's multi-domain defense objectives. The SHIELD IDIQ is structured as a comprehensive, government-wide contracting mechanism enabling rapid task order issuance across multiple functional areas and security classification levels.

The contract supports the development, production, and modernization of an advanced, layered defense system designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats to United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains. Work encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts spanning multiple NAICS codes. The procurement leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, with individual task orders utilizing various contract types at both classified and unclassified classification levels. This represents a long-term strategic investment in layered missile defense capabilities, with Paragon positioned as a prime contractor capable of delivering complex integrated professional services through its existing expertise in IT infrastructure, communications systems integration, and program management support across Department of Defense and civilian agencies.