# IDIQ **Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity** — a federal contracting vehicle that establishes a ceiling value and a minimum order, but leaves the exact quantities, delivery schedule, and specific task orders to be determined over the contract's life. The government issues individual "task orders" against the IDIQ ceiling as needs arise. IDIQ contracts are the vault's most important contracting structure because they're how the Pentagon distributes billions without committing to specific deliverables upfront. [[Palantir]]'s $10B Army Enterprise Agreement and [[Anduril]]'s $20B Army contract are both IDIQ-structured — the headline number is a ceiling that may never be fully obligated, but the structure gives the agency flexibility to route work to the incumbent without new competitive procurements for each task. The IDIQ structure also enables a specific kind of political optics: the Trump administration can announce a "$20B Anduril contract" that sounds decisive and enormous, even though actual spending depends on future task orders that may or may not materialize. The gap between ceiling and obligation is where defense-tech PR meets fiscal reality. ## See Also - [[Sole Source]] — the non-competitive award mechanism - [[Palantir Contracts]] — IDIQ in practice - [[OpenAI Contracts]] — the $200M Pentagon ceiling