Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE702

Zartek Solutions LLC, a women-owned small business headquartered in Leesburg, Virginia, was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program on December 29, 2025. The contract is funded by the Missile Defense Agency, a Department of Defense organization, and carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. The solicitation utilized full and open competition with no set-aside designations, though Zartek's multiple SBA certifications—including Small Business, Women-Owned Small Business, Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business, and 8(a) Program Participant status—position the company competitively within the government contracting landscape. The contract structure permits the government to issue task and delivery orders across multiple contract types and NAICS codes to support both classified and unclassified defense programs.

Under the SHIELD IDIQ vehicle, the Missile Defense Agency procures 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. Work scope encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts supporting national defense objectives for homeland protection and deployed forces. Zartek will provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities incidental to order performance in accordance with delivery order specifications. The contract leverages emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to establish a comprehensive, long-term contracting solution supporting the Department of Defense's multi-layered defense requirements across the 10-year period of performance.