Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF842

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Rps-Jv2, LLC (UEI: KPW4Z3NLM143) on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance through December 28, 2035. This contract vehicle, designated the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense procurement mechanism designed to support research, development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, testing, and modernization efforts. The contract encompasses detection, tracking, interception, and neutralization capabilities against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile systems. Work scope includes disruptive technologies, systems engineering, cybersecurity enhancements, and digital engineering initiatives leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning applications. The procurement utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations, allowing all qualified contractors to compete for multiple awards under the IDIQ structure.

The SHIELD contract was structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains, with individual task and delivery orders potentially issued at different classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances. The initial delivery order issued under this IDV, valued at five hundred dollars and utilizing Firm Fixed Price pricing, was awarded on December 29, 2025, for the SHIELD Initial Order with a place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama. The Missile Defense Agency, as the funding entity, intends to leverage this flexible contracting vehicle to rapidly issue orders supporting national defense objectives and providing continuous, layered protection for the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners. The contract's structure enables the agency to procure advanced capabilities across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes while maintaining the operational flexibility required for emerging defense priorities throughout the ten-year ordering period.