Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE110

Esc, Inc., doing business as E-Systems Consultants, was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a performance period extending through December 28, 2035. This contract, titled Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD), represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense procurement vehicle structured to support the nation's layered missile and air defense requirements. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no small business set-asides, enabling MDA and other Department of Defense entities to issue individual task and delivery orders across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes. As an SBA-certified Women-Owned Small Business, Esc, Inc. joins a cohort of qualifying contractors capable of supporting this enterprise-wide contracting mechanism designed to facilitate rapid order issuance.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract procures research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, and modernization efforts for an advanced defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats. Work encompasses disruptive technologies, cybersecurity initiatives, and digital engineering solutions leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning within open systems architectures. The contract is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains, with individual task orders potentially issued at varying classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances. This 10-year vehicle positions the government to maintain continuous, layered protection of the U.S. homeland, deployed forces, and allied nations through flexible, indefinite quantity ordering mechanisms.