Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG322

Am Pierce & Associates, Inc., a woman-owned small business, was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity 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. Under this contract, Am Pierce & Associates shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities to support the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-asides and encompasses research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across multiple domains. Work will be performed at various locations, including Huntsville, Alabama, and will support both classified and unclassified programs requiring appropriate facility clearances and security designations.

The SHIELD Multiple Award IDIQ is designed to procure 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 across all phases of flight. The contract leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to provide continuous, layered protection against ballistic, hypersonic, cruise missiles, and other advanced aerial attacks. Individual task orders will be issued under various contract types and pricing mechanisms; the initial delivery order issued on December 29, 2025, for the SHIELD Initial Order was awarded on a firm fixed-price basis. This 10-year contracting vehicle represents a comprehensive, long-term investment in homeland defense capabilities and positions Am Pierce & Associates to compete for multiple task orders supporting the Missile Defense Agency's operational and technological modernization objectives.