Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF599

Tenica And Associates LLC, doing business as Tenica Global Solutions, has been awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), a defense component of the U.S. Department of Defense. The contract, awarded on December 29, 2025, carries a ceiling value of $151 billion and extends through December 28, 2035. This is a full and open competition vehicle with no set-aside designation, structured to enable the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to issue multiple task and delivery orders for advanced multi-domain defense system capabilities. As a veteran-owned small business headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, Tenica brings substantial federal contracting experience and existing indefinite delivery vehicle portfolio, including the 8(a) STARS III Government-Wide Acquisition Contract and OASIS+ contracts.

Under the SHIELD IDIQ, the contractor shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required to support research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts for detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. The work encompasses defense against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles, as well as advanced aerial attacks. Individual task and delivery orders will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes and will support both classified and unclassified programs at different security classification levels. The contract leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, positioning it as a comprehensive, long-term contracting mechanism for the nation's multi-layered homeland defense requirements.