Army retires Standard Procurement System, launches modern contracting platform
ARLINGTON, Virginia – After more than 27 years, on Dec. 15, 2025, the Army marked a historic milestone with the retirement of the Standard Procurement System for the Army (SPS-A), closing the chapter on a legacy platform that supported acquisitions for decades.
SPS-A's sunset reflects years of focused planning and a collaborative commitment to modernizing Army business processes. To that end, the Army Contract Writing System (ACWS) has replaced SPS-A with a single, modern, enterprise-wide solution designed to streamline contract creation, execution and management in support of the Army’s mission.
In fiscal year 2022 (FY22), leaders at U.S. Army Program Executive Office (PEO) Enterprise decided to leverage the Air Force Contracting – Information Technology solution to accelerate ACWS delivery and achieve efficiency. Built on that foundation, ACWS launched initial capability in FY23 and quickly scaled it to become the Army’s primary contracting platform.
Today, ACWS supports more than 7,600 active users and has migrated over 49,000 contract files from SPS-A in under 10 months. Financial throughput surged from $39 million in FY23 to $17 billion in FY25, underscoring rapid adoption.
By centralizing contract writing, ACWS improves speed, scalability, auditability and efficiency, ensuring timely delivery of materiel and services to warfighters and civilian missions.
“Contracting is a mission-critical enabler across the Army’s full spectrum of operations,” said Lt. Col. Camille Morgan, product manager for ACWS at PEO Enterprise. “ACWS directly supports activities that sustain multi-domain operations, contingency responses, homeland missions and domestic disaster responses. No weapon fires, no unit moves and no force sustains without contract support.”
The transition to ACWS wasn’t without its challenges. Early development of the system highlighted the need for proven baselines and incremental delivery, while migrating tens of thousands of files demanded rigorous governance. Yet the benefits of ACWS are clear — streamlined workflows, improved oversight and audit readiness, and a more professionalized contracting workforce — all designed to enhance responsiveness to Soldier needs.
On the horizon, ACWS plans to continue modernizing, strengthening cybersecurity, expanding analytics and onboarding additional users with full deployment expected by FY27. ACWS will eventually subsume the legacy Procurement Automated Data and Document System and serve as the primary landing zone for other Army contract systems.
Gregory Youmans, ACWS functional sponsor from the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Procurement), affirmed, “Modernization is not a rip-and-replace effort — it is a disciplined transition that protects mission-critical contracting functionality while positioning ACWS to operate at the scale, speed and security the Army requires.”
As SPS-A retires, ACWS is positioning the Army for a future of greater transparency, resilience and readiness — delivering the speed and scale required to meet the demands of today’s complex contracting environment and respond to Soldier needs.
ACWS is part of PEO Enterprise’s Defense Integrated Business Systems portfolio.
