Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF897

Ink To Think LLC, a Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) certified firm based in Charleston, South Carolina, 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). The contract, valued at $151 billion with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035, was awarded on December 29, 2025, following a pre-solicitation notice posted May 21, 2025, and a due date of September 15, 2025. Under this vehicle, Ink To Think LLC will provide strategic communications, visual storytelling, technical information services, research and development support, and comprehensive communication solutions to support MDA's multi-domain defense initiatives across various Navy Systems Commands and defense agencies.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract represents a 10-year enterprise-wide contracting mechanism designed to support the nation's layered defense capabilities against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats. The contract encompasses work areas including research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. This multiple-award structure allows full and open competition with no set-aside designations, enabling MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue task and delivery orders across multiple NAICS codes at various classification levels. Individual task orders will leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, and digital engineering, with Ink To Think LLC positioned to compete and execute orders supporting classified and unclassified programs aligned with national defense objectives for detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, and allies.