Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG176

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Cherokee Federal Solutions, L.L.C. (Cn3S Division) on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This 10-year contract vehicle, designated the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ, procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid 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 ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile defense capabilities, as well as advanced aerial attack mitigation. Work will be performed across multiple security classification levels and geographic locations, requiring appropriate facility clearances, and will leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures.

The contract was awarded through full and open competition with no set-asides, allowing all qualifying contractors to compete for multiple awards under the IDIQ structure. As a tribally-owned small disadvantaged business certified under the 8(a) program and a subsidiary of Cherokee Nation Businesses, Cherokee Federal Solutions will deliver services in support of this enterprise-wide contracting vehicle designed to enable the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue task and delivery orders. Individual task orders will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes, with pricing determined on a case-by-case basis as orders are issued. The contractor's principal place of business is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the company maintains current registration in the System for Award Management through September 29, 2026. This contract represents a significant long-term investment in the nation's multi-layered homeland defense requirements and positions the SHIELD IDIQ as a comprehensive contracting solution for advanced defense capabilities.