Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF881

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Ventech, Inc., a minority-owned, SBA-certified 8(a) program participant headquartered in Beltsville, Maryland, on December 29, 2025. The Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) contract carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with a performance period extending through December 28, 2035. This procurement, conducted as full and open competition with no set-aside designations, supports the development and implementation of an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. The contract encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts.

The initial delivery order, issued on December 29, 2025, is valued at five hundred dollars and represents the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) initial order with a completion date of December 28, 2035. Work under this IDIQ contract is to be performed in Huntsville, Alabama, and the contract vehicle is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Individual task and delivery orders may utilize various contract types across multiple NAICS codes and may be issued at different classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances. The prime contractor shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities incidental to the performance of requirements in accordance with the terms of individual orders.