The contractor shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment and facilities incidental to the performance of this requirement in accordance with the terms of the order.
Active Awarded Last action
- Contract number
- HQ085926DE276
- Awardee
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Culmen International, LLC UEI P8T9JZVLSXA3
- Awarding agency
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Missile Defense Agency
Department of Defense
- Task orders
- 1 $500 obligated
Award facts
- Opportunity
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- Missile Defense Agency (MDA) SHIELD Multiple Award IDIQ Contract Pre-Solicitation · HQ085925RE001 · Posted May 21, 2025
- Combined order value
- $500 Current and potential, with all options
- Last date to order 8% complete
- IDV ceiling <1% used
- $151,000,000,000.00
- Maximum order
- $151,000,000,000.00
- Award type
- Multiple award
- Who can order
- Defense agencies
- Contracting staff
- NAICS code
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
- Competition
- Full and Open Competition Negotiated Proposal / Quote
- Pricing
- Firm Fixed Price
- Legislative mandates
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- Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act FAR subpart 22.6
- Service Contract Act FAR subpart 22.10
Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
About this IDV
Culmen International, LLC has been awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. The contract, awarded December 29, 2025, carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with a 10-year period of performance through December 28, 2035. This is a full and open competition vehicle with no set-asides, structured to enable the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue task and delivery orders for advanced, multi-domain defense system capabilities. The contract requires the contractor to provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities to support the government's procurement requirements under the SHIELD program.
The SHIELD IDIQ is designed to procure comprehensive defense solutions encompassing research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The program seeks to develop and deploy an advanced defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains, protecting the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners against ballistic, hypersonic, cruise missiles, and other advanced aerial attacks across all flight phases. Work will be performed across multiple classification levels and security domains, leveraging emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. The initial task order issued to Culmen International, valued at $500, was awarded concurrently with the master IDIQ contract, with performance based in Huntsville, Alabama on a firm fixed-price basis.
Task orders
| Task order | Ordering agency | Obligated | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scalable homeland innovative enterprise layered defense (shield) initial order. | Missile Defense Agency | $500 |
Quick answers
Who was awarded contract HQ085926DE276?
HQ085926DE276 was awarded to Culmen International, LLC by Missile Defense Agency (Department of Defense) on December 29, 2025.
How much is contract HQ085926DE276 worth?
Orders under HQ085926DE276 have obligated $500. HQ085926DE276's own ceiling is $151,000,000,000. A single order can be worth up to $151,000,000,000.
How many orders have been placed under contract HQ085926DE276?
1 order has been placed under HQ085926DE276, the latest on December 29, 2025.
Who can order from contract HQ085926DE276?
HQ085926DE276 is a multiple award indefinite delivery contract. Defense agencies can place orders on it.
Is contract HQ085926DE276 part of a contract vehicle?
Yes. HQ085926DE276 is part of Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD).
Was contract HQ085926DE276 competed?
The extent of competition for HQ085926DE276 was full and open competition.
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