Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF351

Maxentric Technologies LLC, a Fort Lee, New Jersey-based small business specializing in advanced research and development, was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a performance period extending through December 28, 2035. This contract, known as the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ, employs full and open competition with no set-aside designations, enabling the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to issue multiple task and delivery orders for advanced defense system development and integration. The contract encompasses a comprehensive range of work areas including research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and disruptive technology innovation. The procurement is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and will utilize various contract types and NAICS codes, with individual task orders potentially requiring different security clearance levels and facility certifications.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract aims to procure an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners. This capability will provide continuous, layered protection against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles, as well as other advanced aerial attacks. The contract vehicle represents a significant long-term strategic investment in modernized homeland defense capabilities, leveraging emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Under Federal Acquisition Regulation 15.304(c)(1)(ii), task order awards will be made to all qualifying offerors determined to be responsible sources with technically acceptable proposals demonstrating fair and reasonable pricing, ensuring broad competition throughout the contract's 10-year performance period.