Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE476

The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Custom Software Systems Inc., a certified Women-Owned Small Business and HUBZone firm, 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 system designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats against the United States homeland, deployed forces, and allies. Work areas encompass research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and disruptive technology initiatives across ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile defense capabilities. The contract is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs utilizing various security domains and leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures.

The initial task order issued under this vehicle is the SHIELD Initial Order, valued at five hundred dollars with firm fixed price terms, with performance to be conducted in Huntsville, Alabama. The contract was awarded on December 29, 2025, following a pre-solicitation notice issued in May 2025 and a draft solicitation released in July 2025. The procurement utilized full and open competition with no set-aside designations, allowing all qualified contractors meeting responsibility and technical acceptability criteria to compete for multiple awards under the flexible IDIQ structure. Custom Software Systems Inc., which brings established expertise in custom software solutions and information technology services from prior federal engagements, will be positioned to deliver task orders across multiple NAICS codes as the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities issue orders under this enterprise-wide contracting mechanism.