Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF518

The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract with a $151 billion ceiling to Sara Software Systems LLC, an SBA-certified Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business and 8(a) program participant based in Olathe, Kansas. The contract, awarded December 29, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035, will support the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program—a comprehensive, multi-domain defense system designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats to U.S. homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners. The contract encompasses research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile defense. Work will leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, with performance locations including Huntsville, Alabama. The contract structure accommodates both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and NAICS codes at varying classification levels.

An initial task order valued at $500 with a firm fixed price structure was issued on December 29, 2025, establishing the baseline for subsequent delivery orders. The SHIELD IDIQ represents a full and open competition vehicle with no set-asides, enabling rapid issuance of multiple orders under a flexible contracting mechanism to support both Missile Defense Agency and broader Department of Defense entities. As a Multiple Award IDIQ, the contract allows all qualifying responsible offerors meeting technical acceptability and fair pricing standards to receive awards, positioning Sara Software Systems as one of potentially multiple contractors capable of executing task orders throughout the 10-year period of performance.