Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE073

The Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, awarded by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, represents a $151 billion, 10-year comprehensive defense procurement vehicle structured to support advanced multi-domain threat detection, tracking, interception, and neutralization capabilities. Epsilon C5I Inc., a 100% employee-owned technical services subsidiary specializing in command, control, communications, computers, cybersecurity, and intelligence (C5I) systems, was selected as one of multiple awardees under full and open competition with no set-asides. The contract establishes a flexible ordering mechanism enabling the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to issue task and delivery orders for capabilities addressing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles, with performance extending through December 28, 2035.

The contract encompasses a broad spectrum of defense-related services and products, including research and development, advanced prototyping, systems engineering, weapon system design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity solutions, and modernization efforts leveraging emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and open systems architectures. Work will be executed across multiple security classification levels, requiring appropriate facility clearances, and will utilize various contract types and multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes to address both classified and unclassified national defense requirements. Individual task orders issued under this IDIQ vehicle will establish specific statement of work requirements, deliverables, and pricing terms, with the overall structure designed to provide the government with expedited access to contractor capabilities for integrated multi-layered homeland defense operations supporting national security objectives.