Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE376

Abile Group, Inc., a certified economically disadvantaged women-owned small business, was awarded a multiple award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. The contract supports the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, a comprehensive multi-domain defense initiative designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats against the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. The contract encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile defense domains. Work will be performed in Huntsville, Alabama, with delivery orders issued across multiple NAICS codes and security classification levels, requiring appropriate facility clearances for both classified and unclassified programs.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract was competitively awarded under full and open competition with no set-aside designations, allowing all qualified contractors to compete for multiple awards. The initial delivery order, issued December 29, 2025, carries a firm fixed price of $500 and extends through December 28, 2035, serving as the foundational task order for the contract vehicle. The procurement leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to create a flexible contracting mechanism enabling the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders for comprehensive homeland defense capabilities. Individual task and delivery orders may utilize various contract types, with pricing structures and performance requirements determined based on specific operational needs and strategic defense priorities.