Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG187

Programmed Response LLC, an Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business located in Huntsville, Alabama, was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. The contract, designated as the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity vehicle, is structured to procure an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. The procurement encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threat domains. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations and is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs at multiple security classification levels, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. The initial task order, titled the SHIELD Initial Order, was awarded on December 29, 2025, with a firm fixed price of five hundred dollars and a place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama, with the same ultimate completion date as the IDV.

Under the SHIELD IDIQ contract structure, the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities may rapidly issue multiple task and delivery orders utilizing various contract types and multiple North American Industry Classification System codes. The contract vehicle enables flexible ordering across diverse work areas including systems integration, weapon system development, test and evaluation support, and cybersecurity services, with individual orders potentially addressing ballistic, hypersonic, cruise missile threats, and other advanced aerial attacks across all phases of flight. The 10-year performance period, consisting of a base ordering period and optional ordering periods, positions this contracting mechanism as a comprehensive solution for the nation's multi-layered defense requirements. Contractor performance will be evaluated based on technical acceptability, fair and reasonable pricing, and contractor responsibility determinations, with all prospective awardees required to maintain active registration in the System for Award Management to remain eligible for task order awards.