Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE603

Isenpai LLC, a woman-owned small business based in McLean, Virginia, has been awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), a defense component of the Department of Defense. The contract, valued at $151 billion with a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035, was awarded on December 29, 2025, following a full and open competition with no set-aside designations. The contract vehicle, designated the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ, is structured to support the procurement of 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 of work encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. Individual task and delivery orders issued under this IDIQ will utilize various contract types and may span multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes, with performance locations potentially including classified and unclassified facilities across different security domains.

The initial task order issued under the SHIELD IDIQ contract, awarded on December 29, 2025, is designated the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Initial Order with a firm fixed price ceiling of $500. Performance of this task order will be conducted in Huntsville, Alabama. The contract leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to deliver integrated homeland defense capabilities. This procurement represents a significant long-term strategic investment in multi-layered defense infrastructure, enabling the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue task orders under a single flexible contracting mechanism that accommodates both classified and unclassified work across multiple functional domains supporting national defense objectives.