Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE924

Analytic Services Inc. (doing business as Anser), a non-profit public service research institute, was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract on December 29, 2025, by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. This indefinite delivery vehicle carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035, and utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations. Under this contract, Anser will provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities to support the MDA's multi-domain defense objectives, delivering comprehensive research and development, systems engineering, prototyping, and technical assistance services across the defense enterprise.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. Work areas encompass research and development, disruptive technologies, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across all phases of flight for ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. Individual task and delivery orders issued under this contract mechanism will utilize various contract types and may require appropriate facility clearances for both classified and unclassified programs, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Anser's established expertise in systems engineering, technical assistance, and mission support services positions the contractor to execute this long-term, enterprise-wide contracting vehicle supporting the nation's layered defense requirements.