Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE772

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract valued at $151 billion to INQ LLC on December 29, 2025, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. This contract represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense procurement vehicle designed to support the nation's layered defense strategy against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile attacks. The contract operates under full and open competition with no set-aside designations and extends through December 28, 2035, providing MDA and other Department of Defense entities with a flexible mechanism to rapidly issue task and delivery orders. INQ LLC, an SBA-certified Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business and 8(a) Program Participant headquartered in McLean, Virginia, will serve as a prime contractor alongside other qualifying awardees selected under the multiple-award structure.

The SHIELD IDIQ encompasses a broad scope of work spanning research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. Individual task and delivery orders will utilize various contract types across multiple NAICS codes and may operate at different security classification levels, requiring appropriate facility clearances. The contract is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs and will leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Per Federal Acquisition Regulation 15.304(c)(1)(ii), awards were made to all qualifying offerors determined to be responsible sources with technically acceptable proposals demonstrating fair and reasonable pricing, establishing SHIELD as a strategic long-term investment vehicle for homeland defense capabilities.