Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG319

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Decision Engineering Corporation on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance through December 28, 2035. This full and open competition contract contains no set-asides and represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense contracting vehicle designated the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ. Decision Engineering Corporation, a for-profit subchapter S corporation with prior experience providing engineering services, system engineering support, and technical management support to Department of Defense entities, will support MDA's national defense objectives through this enterprise-level contracting mechanism.

Under the SHIELD IDIQ, the prime contractor shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required to perform work encompassing research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The contract is structured to support detection, tracking, interception, and neutralization of air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile defense. Individual task orders will utilize various contract types and pricing mechanisms across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes, with work potentially classified at different security levels and locations including Huntsville, Alabama. The initial delivery order issued under this IDIQ on December 29, 2025, for the SHIELD initial order was executed on a firm fixed price basis, demonstrating the contract's flexibility to support both classified and unclassified programs leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures.