Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE972

The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to ASC Associates Inc. (UEI: G3R8LS86HK79) under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Master IDIQ vehicle. The contract, awarded on December 29, 2025, carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035, representing a 10-year period of performance consisting of a base ordering period and optional ordering periods. The procurement utilized full and open competition with no set-asides, allowing all qualified contractors meeting responsibility and technical acceptability standards to compete for multiple awards. The contract structure permits task and delivery orders across various contract types, multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes, and different security classification levels, requiring appropriate facility clearances for performance.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system and associated services addressing the United States homeland, deployed forces, allied nations, and partner defense requirements. The scope encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and capabilities to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile systems. The contract leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, with performance conducted across both classified and unclassified domains. The Missile Defense Agency will issue individual task and delivery orders against this contract vehicle to support national defense objectives through a flexible, enterprise-wide contracting mechanism designed to enable rapid procurement of multi-layered defense capabilities.