Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE473

Cayuse Technologies, LLC, a tribally-owned small disadvantaged business and SBA-certified 8(a) and HUBZone firm headquartered in Pendleton, Oregon, was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025. The contract, titled Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD), carries a ceiling value of $151 billion over a 10-year period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This full and open competition vehicle, awarded with no set-aside designations, was structured to procure an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight. The scope encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts, leveraging emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures.

Under this IDIQ vehicle, Cayuse Technologies issued an initial delivery order on December 29, 2025, for the SHIELD Initial Order with a ceiling value of $500 under a firm fixed-price contract type. The place of performance for this initial order is Huntsville, Alabama 35898, with performance through December 28, 2035. The contractor shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities incidental to performance of requirements under subsequent task and delivery orders issued by the Missile Defense Agency and potentially other Department of Defense entities. The contract structure accommodates both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and NAICS codes, enabling rapid issuance of orders to support the nation's multi-layered homeland defense requirements.