Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG192

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract valued at $151 billion to Maximus Federal Consulting, LLC on December 29, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. The contract, designated as Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD), is structured to procure an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. The procurement utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations, allowing all qualified contractors to compete. Under the contract, the prime contractor is responsible for providing all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities incidental to performance. The contract was issued under Federal Acquisition Regulation 15.304(c)(1)(ii), which specifies award to all qualifying offerors determined to be responsible sources with technically acceptable proposals demonstrating fair and reasonable pricing.

Work areas encompassed within the SHIELD IDIQ include research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The contract vehicle is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and NAICS codes, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. The initial delivery order, valued at five hundred dollars with a firm fixed price, was awarded on the same date as the IDV award and addresses the SHIELD initial order with performance at Huntsville, Alabama. This contract represents a comprehensive, long-term strategic investment in homeland defense capabilities, providing the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities with a flexible contracting mechanism to rapidly issue task orders and delivery orders in support of the nation's multi-layered defense requirements through 2035.