Army to launch new ERP competition soon

Federal Times: The Army plans to issue a draft solicitation to industry in the next few months for a new contract writing system, according to Col. Patrick Burden, who is overseeing the program.

The Army Contract Writing System (ACWS) is envisioned as a single enterprise contract writing and management system that will integrate with other Army enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and replace the existing Standard Procurement System (SPS)/Procurement Desktop-Defense (PD2) and Procurement Automated Data and Document System (PADDS). ACWS is expected to have about 8,000 users at 280 sites worldwide.

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