Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG107

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to 532 Group LLC, an SBA-certified 8A and HUBZone small business, with an effective date of December 29, 2025, and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. The contract, titled Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD), carries a ceiling value of $151 billion and was awarded on a full and open competition basis with no set-aside designations. 532 Group LLC, an innovation, operations, and technology consulting firm with experience providing IT professional services, systems engineering, software development, program management, and technical consulting to federal agencies, will serve as a prime contractor under this vehicle. The initial task order, awarded on the same date, is valued at $500 for performance in Huntsville, Alabama, under a Firm Fixed Price delivery order structure.

The SHIELD contract procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains. The scope encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts addressing ballistic, hypersonic, cruise missiles, and other advanced aerial attacks throughout all flight phases. The contract vehicle supports both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, positioning it as a comprehensive contracting mechanism to support the nation's multi-layered defense requirements over the 10-year period of performance.