Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE221

Object Ctalk, Inc., a woman-owned small business based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, with a $151 billion ceiling and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This contract vehicle, designated the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ, represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense procurement intended to support the nation's integrated homeland and forward-deployed defense architecture. Under this contract, the contractor shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required to support advanced defense system development, integration, and sustainment across multiple functional domains. The procurement was conducted under full and open competition with no set-aside designations, structured to award to all qualifying offerors determined to be responsible sources submitting technically acceptable proposals with fair and reasonable pricing in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 15.304(c)(1)(ii).

The SHIELD IDIQ encompasses a broad range of research, development, production, and operational support activities across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threat domains, including systems engineering, weapon design, prototyping, test and evaluation, and modernization efforts. Work under individual task and delivery orders will span systems integration, cybersecurity, disruptive technologies, and advanced analytics leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities. The contract is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security classification levels, with performance spanning various facility clearance requirements and multiple North American Industry Classification System codes. This long-term enterprise contracting vehicle provides the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities with flexible ordering mechanisms to rapidly procure specialized technical and engineering services, systems development support, and production capabilities essential to maintaining continuous, layered protection against evolving strategic threats to United States homeland, deployed forces, and allied nations.