Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE578

Black Spoke LLC, a professional services firm based in Herndon, Virginia, was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations and is structured as a Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) vehicle designed to procure an advanced, multi-domain defense system. The contract encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threat domains, covering all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles.

The initial task order issued under this IDV is the SHIELD Initial Order, a Delivery Order with Firm Fixed Price pricing awarded on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $500 and a place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama. The contract vehicle is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and NAICS codes, with individual task and delivery orders potentially issued at different classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances. Work areas leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, positioning this contract as a comprehensive 10-year contracting solution supporting MDA and other Department of Defense entities in rapidly issuing orders for multi-layered defense requirements.