Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG386

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Sel Engineering Services, Inc., a Pullman, Washington-based engineering services firm and subsidiary of Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories. The contract was awarded on January 21, 2026, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. The procurement supports the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, a comprehensive multi-domain defense system designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile flight. The contract employs full and open competition with no set-aside designations and allows multiple qualified contractors to compete for task orders. Under this vehicle, the government intends to issue orders across various contract types and security classification levels for research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and disruptive technology initiatives that leverage artificial intelligence, machine learning, and open systems architectures.

Sel Engineering Services, Inc. was selected based on technical acceptability, responsible source status, and fair and reasonable pricing under FAR 15.304(c)(1)(ii) evaluation criteria. An initial delivery order valued at $500 was issued on January 21, 2026, for the SHIELD initial order with firm fixed price pricing and a place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama. The contract structure supports both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains, enabling MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders for homeland defense capabilities through a single flexible contracting mechanism. Sel Engineering Services' prior experience delivering SCADA system upgrades, infrastructure modernization, power systems solutions, cybersecurity integration, and facility compliance work positions the firm to contribute specialized technical expertise to this comprehensive multi-year defense procurement.