Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE598

QED Analytics Inc., a Women-Owned Small Business, was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) master contract vehicle. The contract carries a ceiling value of $151 billion and extends through December 28, 2035, representing a 10-year period of performance. Under this IDIQ structure, QED Analytics will provide analytical services, materials, labor, equipment, and facilities necessary to support the government's multi-domain defense requirements. The contract was awarded through full and open competition with no set-aside designations, though QED's status as a Women-Owned Small Business may provide competitive advantages in subcontracting and teaming arrangements.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract supports the Missile Defense Agency's mission to develop and deliver advanced defense systems capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains. Work scope encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization initiatives. Individual task and delivery orders will be issued across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes and classification levels, enabling the contract to support both classified and unclassified programs requiring varying facility clearances. The contract vehicle leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to establish a comprehensive contracting solution for the nation's layered defense requirements against ballistic, hypersonic, cruise missile, and other advanced aerial attack threats.