Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF521

Sedulous Consulting Services, LLC, a minority-owned and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned SBA 8(a) certified small disadvantaged business, was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on December 29, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. The contract carries a ceiling value of $151,000,000,000 and supports the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, a comprehensive multi-domain defense initiative designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. The contract supports work spanning research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and advanced air and missile defense capabilities against ballistic, hypersonic, cruise missiles, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight.

Under this full and open competition multiple-award IDIQ vehicle, Sedulous will deliver materials, labor, equipment, and facilities necessary to support MDA's defense requirements across multiple security domains, classification levels, and NAICS codes. Individual task and delivery orders issued under the contract will utilize various contract types and may require appropriate facility clearances for classified program support. The procurement leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to establish a flexible, enterprise-wide contracting mechanism enabling the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders for layered defense solutions. As a multiple-award IDIQ with a 10-year period of performance consisting of a base ordering period and optional ordering periods, this contract vehicle positions Sedulous and other qualified contractors to support the nation's comprehensive missile defense and homeland protection objectives.