Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF911

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Advanced Engineering Solutions & Services, L.L.C. (UEI: GQ22HCFEV7N9) on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. The Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ contract will procure an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. The contract encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across multiple security domains. Work will address threats including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles as well as other advanced aerial attacks across all phases of flight, supported by advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. The contract is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs and will utilize various contract types across multiple NAICS codes, with orders potentially requiring appropriate facility clearances.

The initial task order issued under the SHIELD IDIQ on December 29, 2025, is valued at $500 and carries a firm fixed price structure, designated as the SHIELD Initial Order. Performance will be conducted in Huntsville, Alabama 35898. The pre-solicitation notice was posted on May 21, 2025, with a closing date of September 15, 2025, and the final Request for Proposal was anticipated for release in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025. The contract was awarded under full and open competition with no set-aside designations, making it available to all qualified contractors meeting responsibility standards and demonstrating technically acceptable, fairly priced proposals. This contract vehicle represents a comprehensive, long-term contracting solution designed to enable the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue task and delivery orders supporting national defense objectives and the nation's multi-layered defense requirements.