Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF241

The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Hendall Inc. under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. The contract was awarded on December 29, 2025, following a pre-solicitation notice issued on May 21, 2025, utilizing full and open competition with no set-asides. Hendall Inc., a for-profit subchapter S corporation based in Rockville, Maryland, registered as a federal contractor since August 2007, was selected as one of multiple qualifying contractors determined to be responsible sources with technically acceptable proposals demonstrating fair and reasonable pricing. The contract structure permits the government to issue individual task and delivery orders across multiple contract types and classification levels, requiring appropriate facility clearances for both classified and unclassified program work.

The SHIELD IDIQ procurement encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts to support a multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. The contract leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, with resultant orders potentially spanning multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes and security domains. As a prime contractor with extensive experience delivering professional services to federal agencies, Hendall is positioned to support the Missile Defense Agency's long-term strategic investment in multi-layered defense capabilities through this 10-year performance period encompassing a base ordering period and optional ordering periods.