Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE158

Edgesource Corporation, a small business headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on December 29, 2025, with no set-aside designation utilized. This contract, known as the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, carries a ceiling value of $151 billion and extends through December 28, 2035, representing a 10-year period of performance. The contract encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts supporting a multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles.

The SHIELD IDIQ is structured as a full and open competition contract allowing multiple qualified contractors to compete for individual task and delivery orders utilizing various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes. The contract vehicle is designed to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Individual task and delivery orders may be issued at different classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances. Under Federal Acquisition Regulation 15.304(c)(1)(ii), the government intends to award to all qualifying offerors determined to be responsible sources submitting technically acceptable proposals demonstrating fair and reasonable pricing. All contractors must maintain active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) to remain eligible for task order competition throughout the contract period.