PRIME CONTRACT VEHICLE

MDA SHIELD

Missile defense engineering, modeling, and test support under MDA's SHIELD vehicle.

MDA SHIELD

SHIELD is the Missile Defense Agency's umbrella acquisition vehicle: a multiple-award IDIQ under which MDA competes task orders across the missile defense mission. SimIS holds a seat, announced here.

Vehicle

Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Multiple-Award IDIQ, 10-year term

Agency

Missile Defense Agency

Mission

Primary contracting vehicle supporting the Golden Dome layered homeland missile defense initiative

Pool

More than 2,400 awardees across 19 work areas; teaming among awardees allowed on task orders

Contract

HQ085926DE429

Program ceiling

$151B

Expires

December 2035

Goals credit

Orders placed with SimIS count toward an agency's small business and veteran-owned small business participation goals

How ordering works

Task orders competed among vehicle awardees

The awardee pool is broad by design, and the seat is the ticket to compete. What SimIS brings to that competition is the portfolio the mission actually consumes: modeling and simulation, full-spectrum test and evaluation, and autonomous systems engineering, delivered by a workforce built for classified programs. MDA's own announcement calls for digital engineering, model-based systems engineering, and AI and ML-enabled applications; that is the SimIS portfolio described in the customer's words.

Teaming

SHIELD allows awardees to team with each other on task orders, and with more than 2,400 seats, winning is capability aggregation. Fellow SHIELD holders: SimIS makes a strong teammate. A Veteran-Owned Small Business with a Top Secret facility clearance, CMMI Level 3 delivery, and a workforce that is more than 80 percent cleared counts toward your small business goals while holding its own on the work. If you are pursuing an opportunity on this vehicle, reach out.

Reach Out

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