Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF064

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Centrifuge, LLC, an SBA-certified 8(a) small disadvantaged business, on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a ten-year period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This contract vehicle, titled the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, was issued under full and open competition with no set-aside designation, allowing all qualifying contractors to compete for multiple awards. The procurement encompasses advanced multi-domain defense system capabilities designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains. Work areas include research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts targeting ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats across all phases of flight.

The initial delivery order awarded to Centrifuge, LLC on December 29, 2025, established a contract value of $500 under a Firm Fixed Price arrangement with a place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama. The contract vehicle is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Individual task and delivery orders will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes and may be issued at different classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances. All potential offerors were required to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) and demonstrate responsibility and technical acceptability with fair and reasonable pricing to qualify for award under this comprehensive, long-term contracting solution supporting the nation's multi-layered defense requirements.