Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF964

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Pistevo Decision LLC, a minority-owned 8A certified small business based in Herndon, Virginia, effective December 29, 2025, through December 28, 2035. The Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) contract carries a ceiling value of $151 billion and represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense procurement vehicle designed to support the nation's layered defense architecture against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats. The contract encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and related activities supporting ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile defense capabilities across all phases of flight. This unrestricted, full and open competition IDIQ contract permits multiple awards to qualifying contractors and leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to support both classified and unclassified defense programs.

Under the SHIELD IDIQ structure, task orders will be issued across multiple NAICS codes with various contract types and pricing mechanisms to support Missile Defense Agency requirements and other Department of Defense entities. The initial delivery order issued to Pistevo Decision LLC carries a ceiling value of $500 and concludes December 28, 2035, with performance location established in Huntsville, Alabama. Pistevo's demonstrated expertise in information technology professional services, including software development, systems engineering, and project management capabilities developed through prior contracts with the National Institutes of Health and General Services Administration schedules, positions the firm to support MDA's technical requirements under this long-term strategic contracting vehicle. The contract structure enables rapid task order issuance while maintaining flexibility across multiple security classification levels and facility clearance requirements essential to comprehensive homeland defense operations.