Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE628

Epathusa, Inc., an economically disadvantaged women-owned small business certified under the Small Business Administration's 8(a) program, was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) master contract vehicle. The contract carries a ceiling value of $151 billion and extends through December 28, 2035, establishing a 10-year period of performance comprising a base ordering period and one or more optional ordering periods. This procurement utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside restrictions, allowing the government to issue individual task and delivery orders across multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes and contract types as operational requirements dictate.

The contract obligates Epathusa to provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities to support the Missile Defense Agency's advanced multi-domain defense system capabilities. Contracted work encompasses research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, and modernization efforts targeting detection, tracking, interception, and neutralization of air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. The SHIELD IDIQ vehicle is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains, incorporating emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to deliver continuous, layered protection for United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partner nations. Individual task orders may require facility clearances appropriate to their classification levels, reflecting the strategic and sensitive nature of the underlying defense requirements.