Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF140

Defense Acquisition Support Services LLC (DAS), a Women-Owned Small Business systems engineering and technical assistance contractor, was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. The contract carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with performance through December 28, 2035, and was issued under full and open competition with no set-aside designations. DAS will provide comprehensive systems engineering, technical assistance, research and development, prototyping, and related professional support services to advance the United States' multi-domain defense capabilities against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats.

The SHIELD Multiple Award IDIQ represents a 10-year strategic contracting vehicle designed to enable the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue task and delivery orders for advanced defense system development, production, and modernization efforts. Work areas encompass systems engineering, weapon design, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, disruptive technology development, and related ancillary services across multiple classification levels and security domains. Individual task orders will utilize various contract types and cover multiple North American Industry Classification System codes, with performance requiring appropriate facility clearances. DAS's scope aligns with its established expertise in acquisition support, program management, and technical services previously provided to Army and Navy organizations, positioning the contractor as part of MDA's broader ecosystem to deliver innovative, layered protection capabilities for the homeland and deployed forces.