Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE582

It Concepts, Inc. (doing business as Kentro) was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Master IDIQ vehicle. This $151 billion contract, with a performance period extending through December 28, 2035, employs full and open competition with no set-aside designations and represents a significant long-term investment in the nation's multi-layered defense capabilities. The contract ceiling of $151 billion will support a 10-year period of performance consisting of a base ordering period and one or more optional ordering periods. Under this indefinite delivery vehicle, the contractor shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities incidental to performance requirements in accordance with individual task and delivery order terms.

The SHIELD IDIQ procurement encompasses comprehensive research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts for an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains. The contract supports national defense objectives by providing continuous, layered protection against ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles across all phases of flight. Individual task and delivery orders will utilize various contract types across multiple NAICS codes and classification levels, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. The procurement structure enables the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders under this flexible contract mechanism for both classified and unclassified programs, with work potentially requiring appropriate facility clearances depending on classification levels assigned to specific task orders.