Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF970

The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to CER Consulting LLC (UEI: QT7BJ2KENJX3) with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This contract, designated as the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, represents a comprehensive defense procurement vehicle utilizing full and open competition with no set-asides. The contract was awarded on December 29, 2025, and will be funded by the Missile Defense Agency, a Department of Defense entity. Under this IDIQ structure, the government intends to issue multiple task and delivery orders to support advanced multi-domain defense capabilities across research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, and test and evaluation activities.

The SHIELD IDIQ procurement is designed to procure an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, and allied nations. Work scope encompasses disruptive technologies, cybersecurity modernization, digital engineering, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and open systems architectures. The contract vehicle is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains, with orders potentially issued at different classification levels. The initial task order was awarded on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $500 for the SHIELD Initial Order, with performance directed to Huntsville, Alabama under firm fixed price contracting. Individual delivery orders will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes, positioning SHIELD as a flexible long-term contracting mechanism for sustained national defense investments.