Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE273

Inquisit LLC, a small disadvantaged minority-owned business based in Ashburn, Virginia, was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, with a $151 billion ceiling value and a 10-year performance period extending through December 28, 2035. This contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations and represents a comprehensive contracting vehicle for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. Under this IDIQ structure, the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities may rapidly issue multiple task and delivery orders to support advanced multi-domain defense capabilities.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract encompasses a broad range of products and services, including research and development, systems engineering, prototyping, disruptive technologies, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The contract is designed to procure advanced, multi-layered defense systems capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. Individual task and delivery orders will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes and security classification levels, leveraging advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. The initial delivery order, valued at five hundred dollars and awarded as a Firm Fixed Price contract, is designated the SHIELD Initial Order with a place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama, and extends through December 28, 2035.