Army Contract Writing System

Abstract

The Army Contract Writing System (ACWS) will be the Army's single, next-generation, enterprise-wide contract writing, management, execution, and close-out software system. ACWS will facilitate the standardization of Army Procurement business processes and streamline the integration with Army ERP systems. As a financial feeder system, ACWS will meet the compliance requirements of the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996 (FFMIA). The system will meet the full scope of Army Contracting requirements, including those in secure and non-secure locations, those supporting combat or non-combat contingencies, those within or outside the borders of the Continental United States, those supporting grants and assistance agreements, and those performing weapons systems, construction, installation, and other specialized contracting activities. This is consistent with Undersecretary of Defense, Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Memorandum; Department of Defense (DoD) Functional Contract Writing and Administration, dated 21 October 2011, which directed each of the Services to develop a new contract writing system. Accordingly, Army received an OSD Deputy Chief Management Officer (DCMO) validated problem statement and the Army Acquisition Executive approved the ACWS Materiel Development Decision (MDD) on 15 May 2014. On 27 January 2016, the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology re-designated the ACWS as an ACAT IAM (MAIS) program and authorized the release of the RFP to procure a Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) system. Funds are to perform all requisite activities to carry the program through the source selection process, a contract award authority to proceed decision (ATP-1), and a Risk Reduction phase while developing pre-Milestone B documentation expected of an ACAT IAM program.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2017
Source ID
0605047A_5_2040_PB_2017
Change Summary Explanation
ACWS program moved from PE 0605013, Project T05 to PE 0605047, Project FA7 in FY 2017.
Service Agency Name
Army

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Army Procurement
  • Business Administration
  • Business Process Reengineering
  • Commerce
  • Contract Administration
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Financial Management
  • Logistics
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Acquisition
  • Procurement
  • Product Development
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States

Readers

  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Military Logistics and Supply Chain Management

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