Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF125

Core4Ce LLC has been awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract by the Missile Defense Agency under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) master IDIQ, effective December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and performance through December 28, 2035. This is a full and open competition vehicle with no small business set-aside, 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, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners. The contract encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and related activities. Core4Ce LLC, as a defense-focused national security solutions provider headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, will furnish all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities incidental to performance of task orders issued under this IDIQ contract vehicle.

The SHIELD IDIQ represents a comprehensive, long-term contracting mechanism designed to enable the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue task and delivery orders leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Individual task orders will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes and may be issued at different classification levels, requiring appropriate facility clearances for both classified and unclassified program support. This indefinite delivery vehicle structure allows the government to maintain flexibility in responding to evolving multi-layered defense requirements while providing Core4Ce LLC, which has established significant prime contracting experience through multiple high-value defense contracts with Naval Information Warfare Systems Command and the Defense Health Agency, with substantial opportunities for task order issuance throughout the 10-year performance period.