Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE249

Cepeda Systems & Software Analysis, Inc., a woman-owned small business certified as an Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business and HUBZone firm, was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Master IDIQ. The contract carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035, utilizing full and open competition with no set-aside designations for individual awards. This contract was solicited through a pre-solicitation notice posted on May 21, 2025, with a final request for proposal anticipated in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025, and the awardee was selected as one of multiple qualifying contractors determined to be a responsible source with technically acceptable proposals demonstrating fair and reasonable pricing pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation 15.304(c)(1)(ii).

The SHIELD IDIQ is structured to procure comprehensive multi-domain defense capabilities encompassing research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and disruptive technologies for an advanced defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners. Work scope addresses protection against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles and other advanced aerial attacks. The contract vehicle supports 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 will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes and may require facility clearances commensurate with assigned classification levels, positioning this contracting mechanism as a comprehensive long-term solution for the nation's multi-layered homeland defense requirements.