The contractor shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment and facilities incidental to the performance of this requirement in accordance with the terms of the order.
Active Awarded Last action
- Contract number
- HQ085926DG398
- Awardee
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Audacious Inquiry LLC UEI R1XUKGWGLBD7
- Awarding agency
-
Missile Defense Agency
Department of Defense
- Task orders
- 1 $500 obligated
Award facts
- Opportunity
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- Missile Defense Agency (MDA) SHIELD Multiple Award IDIQ Contract Pre-Solicitation · HQ085925RE001 · Posted May 21, 2025
- Combined order value
- $500 Current and potential, with all options
- Last date to order 9% complete
- IDV ceiling <1% used
- $151,000,000,000.00
- Maximum order
- $151,000,000,000.00
- Award type
- Multiple award
- Who can order
- Defense agencies
- Contracting staff
- NAICS code
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
- Competition
- Full and Open Competition Negotiated Proposal / Quote
- Pricing
- Firm Fixed Price
- Legislative mandates
-
- Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act FAR subpart 22.6
- Service Contract Act FAR subpart 22.10
Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
About this IDV
The Missile Defense Agency awarded an indefinite-delivery contract to Audacious Inquiry LLC on December 29, 2025, for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ, with a $151 billion ceiling. It is a multiple-award vehicle with no set-aside, and the source describes full and open competition. Audacious Inquiry is a foreign-owned healthcare IT company based in Catonsville, Maryland.
The vehicle runs through December 28, 2035, and the source describes a 10-year period of performance consisting of a base ordering period and one or more optional ordering periods. The originating pre-solicitation was posted May 21, 2025, with responses due September 15, 2025. The source states that the notice identifies no incumbents and that SHIELD is designed to let MDA and other DoD entities issue orders under one contract mechanism. The IDIQ covers a multi-domain defense system to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight. Work areas include research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, and cybersecurity. Orders may support classified and unclassified programs, potentially at different classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances, and may leverage artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures.
The only order issued under this IDIQ in the source is the SHIELD Initial Order, awarded December 29, 2025, as a firm-fixed-price delivery order with a $500 value and performance in Huntsville, Alabama, through December 28, 2035.
Task orders
| Task order | Ordering agency | Obligated | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scalable homeland innovative enterprise layered defense (SHIELD) initial order. | Missile Defense Agency | $500 |
Transactions
| Action | Obligated | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $0 | |
| Original award | $0 |
Quick answers
Who was awarded contract HQ085926DG398?
HQ085926DG398 was awarded to Audacious Inquiry LLC by Missile Defense Agency (Department of Defense) on December 29, 2025.
How much is contract HQ085926DG398 worth?
Orders under HQ085926DG398 have obligated $500. HQ085926DG398's own ceiling is $151,000,000,000. A single order can be worth up to $151,000,000,000.
How many orders have been placed under contract HQ085926DG398?
1 order has been placed under HQ085926DG398, the latest on December 29, 2025.
Who can order from contract HQ085926DG398?
HQ085926DG398 is a multiple award indefinite delivery contract. Defense agencies can place orders on it.
Is contract HQ085926DG398 part of a contract vehicle?
Yes. HQ085926DG398 is part of Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD).
Was contract HQ085926DG398 competed?
The extent of competition for HQ085926DG398 was full and open competition.
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