Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG143

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Groundswell Corporation with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance through December 28, 2035. This contract, designated as the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside restrictions and supports the government's intent to award to all qualifying offerors determined to be responsible sources with technically acceptable and fairly priced proposals. The contract is structured to provide advanced, multi-domain defense capabilities including research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. Groundswell Corporation, a technology integrator headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, with extensive experience providing IT and digital transformation solutions across federal defense and civilian agencies, will serve as the prime contractor responsible for providing all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities incidental to performance under individual task orders.

Work areas under the SHIELD IDIQ encompass the development and deployment of multi-layered defense systems capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains throughout all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats. Individual task and delivery orders will utilize various contract types and may span multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes, with performance potentially at classified and unclassified levels requiring appropriate facility clearances. The initial task order, awarded on December 29, 2025, for the SHIELD initial order is valued at five hundred dollars under firm fixed price terms and will be performed in Huntsville, Alabama. The contract vehicle is designed to leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to support both MDA and other Department of Defense entities in rapidly procuring comprehensive homeland defense capabilities over the 10-year contract period.