Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF699

Ampersand Solutions Group Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Huntsville, Alabama, has been awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract as part of the Missile Defense Agency's Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. This contract, valued at $151 billion with a performance period extending through December 28, 2035, represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense procurement vehicle designed to address evolving threats to United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friendly nations. The Missile Defense Agency is utilizing this full and open competition contracting vehicle—with no set-asides applied—to enable rapid task order issuance across multiple qualified contractors for advanced defense capabilities. The contract was awarded on December 29, 2025, following a pre-solicitation notice posted May 21, 2025, and subsequent draft solicitation released in late July 2025.

Under this SHIELD IDIQ vehicle, Ampersand Solutions Group Inc. will compete for task orders encompassing research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and disruptive technology initiatives. The contracted scope addresses detection, tracking, interception, and neutralization of air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats. Work will leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, with individual task orders potentially issued at varying classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances. The indefinite delivery structure allows the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to issue orders across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes utilizing various contract types, establishing a flexible procurement mechanism for the nation's long-term, layered homeland defense requirements.