Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF682

Xcelligen Inc., a woman-owned small business certified by the Small Business Administration as an economically disadvantaged women-owned small business and 8(a) Program Participant, was 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 on December 29, 2025. The contract has a ceiling value of $151 billion and extends through December 28, 2035, utilizing full and open competition with no set-aside designations. Under this contract vehicle, Xcelligen shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities incidental to performance, supporting the government's multi-domain defense requirements across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threat domains.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract procures an advanced, integrated defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles, as well as other advanced aerial attacks. Work areas encompass research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The contract vehicle is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and incorporates emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Individual task and delivery orders will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes, with orders potentially issued at different classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances, enabling the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders under this flexible contracting mechanism.