Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF289

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Idea Entity Corporation on December 29, 2025, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) master contract vehicle. This contract, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a performance period extending through December 28, 2035, represents a comprehensive procurement mechanism designed to support the nation's multi-layered homeland defense capabilities. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-asides, allowing the government to issue task and delivery orders across multiple work areas including research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The scope encompasses detection, tracking, interception, and neutralization of air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles.

Idea Entity Corporation, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, specializes in change management consulting, information technology modernization services, and workflow automation solutions for federal defense agencies. The contractor brings demonstrated expertise across multiple defense agencies through prior engagements with the U.S. Air Force and Army, including work on financial management platforms, personnel management automation, and technical consulting services. Individual task and delivery orders issued under this IDIQ will utilize various contract types and may span multiple North American Industry Classification System codes, with work potentially conducted at different security classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances. The contract structure supports both classified and unclassified programs leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to deliver integrated defense solutions.