Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF978

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has awarded a multiple-award, indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract with a ceiling value of $151 billion to Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees) and other qualifying contractors. Awarded December 29, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035, the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) contract supports national defense objectives through a 10-year period of performance consisting of a base ordering period and optional ordering periods. The procurement was conducted through full and open competition with no set-aside designations, allowing all responsible sources to compete. Tees, a state government research institution within the Texas A&M University System specializing in advanced engineering and scientific research, was selected as a prime contractor based on demonstrated capability and fair and reasonable pricing. The contract vehicle is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains at various classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system encompassing research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The contracted work aims to deliver continuous, layered protection against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends, with capability to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize ballistic, hypersonic, cruise missiles, and other advanced aerial attacks across all flight phases. An initial delivery order valued at $500 (firm fixed price) for the SHIELD initial order was issued concurrently with the parent contract award, designated for performance in Huntsville, Alabama. The contract leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to position MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue task and delivery orders under one flexible contracting mechanism, representing a comprehensive long-term investment in multi-layered homeland defense capabilities.