Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG096

The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a multiple award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Sydantech LLC valued at $151 billion with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. The Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) contract represents a 10-year procurement vehicle designed to support the nation's multi-layered defense requirements against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations, allowing all qualified contractors to compete for multiple awards. Work to be performed encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across multiple domains, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats, as well as advanced aerial attacks. The contract vehicle is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and will leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures.

An initial delivery order under the SHIELD IDIQ was issued on December 29, 2025, for the SHIELD Initial Order with a ceiling value of $500 (firm fixed price) and a place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama. As a minority-owned small disadvantaged business based in Alexandria, Virginia, Sydantech LLC brings over 19 years of experience in National Critical Infrastructure Protection, cybersecurity, and consulting services, with prior experience managing significant contract vehicles including a $1 billion Federal Aviation Administration Blanket Purchase Agreement for financial systems modernization and a $300 million International Development Finance Corporation Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract. The contract structure permits the issuance of multiple task and delivery orders across various contract types and classification levels, requiring appropriate facility clearances for work involving classified programs, thereby establishing a flexible contracting mechanism for the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly procure advanced defense capabilities.