HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) issued on SAM.gov a pre-solicitation notice for the Multiple Award Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. MDA plans to issue the SHIELD solicitation in June using full and open competition.

As a long-planned strategy, SHIELD will allow MDA and other DoD entities to rapidly issue orders under one enterprise flexible vehicle. The scope encompasses more than 19 work areas, including:

Science and Technology (S&T)
Research and Development (R&D)
Prototyping
Studies, Demonstrations, Testing of prototypes
Disruptive Technologies
Experimentation
Architecture Development
Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis
Systems Engineering
Weapon Design and Development
Integration and Assembly
Production and Fielding
Test and Evaluation (T&E)
Operation and Sustainment
Modernization
Hardware and Software Modifications
Data Mining/Collection/Analysis
RDT&E/Mission-Related Information Technology
Cybersecurity

The proposed contract vehicle anticipates a period of performance of 10 years and an anticipated maximum value of $151 Billion. Interested parties can find the full notice on SAM.gov under Notice ID HQ085925RE001.   back...