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Contract Writing System
Budget figures
FY2026 award data is a partial year — USAspending reports awards on a rolling basis, and this corpus runs through 2026-09-04. why partial FY2026 data? →
Budget trajectory
| Fiscal year | Amount |
|---|---|
| FY24 | $12.4M |
| FY25 | $9.28M |
| FY26 | $8.10M |
All series figures: R-1 TOA · PB2026
Decade view
P-1/R-1 workbook TOA basis, shown compact in $B/$M (the workbook records USD thousands); each figure cites its own President's Budget edition
The vertical scale does not start at zero: the baseline sits just below this program’s smallest year, so a low point on this line is not a small amount. Read the shape for direction and the grid below for the figures.
● actuals (line) · ○ enacted · ◇ request — gaps are editions the program is absent from, never interpolated.
| Series | FY15 | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $0 | $0 | $19.9M | $19.6M | $40.3M | $16.4M | $22.0M | $20.2M | $13.2M | $12.4M | ||
| Enacted | $0 | $20.7M | $20.3M | $41.9M | $17.1M | $22.0M | $21.0M | $13.7M | $16.4M | $9.28M | ||
| Request | $20.7M | $20.3M | $41.9M | $19.7M | $22.9M | $23.0M | $23.5M | $16.4M | $9.28M | $8.10M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2023 book requested $23.5M for FY2023; the PB2025 book reported $13.2M as actual total obligation authority — $10.3M below the request. 13.2 − 23.5 = -10.3 USD millions — the compact figures above are rounded for reading.
Program lineage
No predecessor/successor lineage was recorded for this program element — no FY-to-FY transfer into or out of this line was stated in the ingested J-books, and none was inferred from the program structure.
Description
Mission — Contract Writing System
The Army Contract Writing System (ACWS) will be the Army's 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 Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. As a comprehensive financial feeder system, ACWS will address the complete range of Army contracting needs. This includes contracts in both secure and non-secure environments, support for combat and non-combat contingencies, operations within and beyond the borders of the Continental United States, as well as assistance with grants and agreements. Additionally, ACWS will facilitate activities related to weapons systems, construction, installation, specialized contracting, and compliance with the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996. Based on Army Senior leadership direction, the Army pivoted to a Portfolio Approach that leverages existing technologies, maximizes share-ability and reuse across the DoD, and includes iterative design, development and testing for the remaining capability required for Army users. The overall approach includes on boarding United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) resources to act as the system integrator (SI), leveraging an Interagency Agreement (IAA) and using existing capabilities across DoD in order to minimize the development effort. To meet requirements, ACWS leverages functionality from Air Force's Contracting Information Technology (CON-IT), Army's Virtual Contracting Enterprise (VCE), DoD's Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE), GSA's System for Award Management (SAM), and other existing Robotic Process Automation (RPA) programs for an integrated Army system to enable decommission of Standard Procurement System (SPS) and Procurement Automated Data and Document System (PADDS). This approach enables contracting business intelligence and analysis. The Army is collaborating with the USDA Enterprise Application Services using IAAs to support development and delivery. The program has transitioned to the Agile development framework and conducted a discovery (risk reduction) effort in 2022, which informed development and resource requirements. The pivot implements Continuous Integration Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) to support iterative development, testing and deployment to provide a flexible system responsive to warfighter needs. FY 2026 Base funding in the amount of $8.101 million will support development of required functionality for universal contracting capabilities to include PIEE contract closeout, warrant management, document numbering, concurrent modifications and High to Low integration to automate and record sensitive (high side) transactions from the contracting community. The RDTE funding in FY 2026 will be used for data migration development to support the retirement of PADDS.
Mission — Contract Writing System
The Army Contract Writing System (ACWS) will be the Army's 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 Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. As a comprehensive financial feeder system, ACWS will address the complete range of Army contracting needs. This includes contracts in both secure and non-secure environments, support for combat and non-combat contingencies, operations within and beyond the borders of the Continental United States, as well as assistance with grants and agreements. Additionally, ACWS will facilitate activities related to weapons systems, construction, installation, specialized contracting, and compliance with the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996. Based on Army Senior leadership direction, the Army pivoted to a Portfolio Approach that leverages existing technologies, maximizes share-ability and reuse across the DoD, and includes iterative design, development and testing for the remaining capability required for Army users. The overall approach includes on boarding United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) resources to act as the system integrator (SI), leveraging an Interagency Agreement (IAA) and using existing capabilities across DoD in order to minimize the development effort. To meet requirements, ACWS leverages functionality from Air Force's Contracting Information Technology (CON-IT), Army's Virtual Contracting Enterprise (VCE), DoD's Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE), GSA's System for Award Management (SAM), and other existing Robotic Process Automation (RPA) programs for an integrated Army system to enable decommission of Standard Procurement System (SPS) and Procurement Automated Data and Document System (PADDS). This approach enables contracting business intelligence and analysis. The Army is collaborating with the USDA Enterprise Application Services using IAAs to support development and delivery. The program has transitioned to the Agile development framework and conducted a discovery (risk reduction) effort in 2022, which informed development and resource requirements. The pivot implements Continuous Integration Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) to support iterative development, testing and deployment to provide a flexible system responsive to warfighter needs. FY 2026 Base funding in the amount of $8.101 million will support development of required functionality for universal contracting capabilities to include PIEE contract closeout, warrant management, document numbering, concurrent modifications and High to Low integration to automate and record sensitive (high side) transactions from the contracting community. The RDTE funding in FY 2026 will be used for data migration development to support the retirement of PADDS.
Justification
Accomplishments & Planned Programs (4)
Program Office
These resources in the ACWS Program Management Office include Government, matrixed, and SETA contractor support for capability development, enterprise architecture, contract management, management analysis, capital/ financial planning, life cycle planning, risk management, and schedule management.
Product Development
Product development is responsible for design and development of the solution for Army contract writing using Agile development methodologies. This cross-functional team of Government and contractor staff analyzes and designs the requirements to efficiently ensure completeness in satisfying system requirements and in accordance with Army standards. Efforts required by system interface partners, hosting infrastructure and managed services are also included as a requirement of the solution for Army contract writing.
Security
Security related costs include Information Assurance (IA)/ Risk Management Framework (RMF) activities, Accreditation & Inspection (A&I), and cyber security support for the Cloud Solution Provider's government approved hosting environment complementing the Interim Authorization to Test (IATT) and Authority to Operate (ATO) controls.
Test & Evaluation
Costs associated with the test and evaluation function to validate and inspect capability requirements ensuring they are satisfactorily addressed through design analysis and development of test scripts. This funding also supports the implementation of a CI/CD pipeline with automated testing capability.
Budget line items(workbook-cited)
P-1/R-1 workbook Total Obligation Authority basis (USD thousands) · PB2026.
Exhibit R-1
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY24 Actuals | $12.4M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY25 Enacted | $9.28M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY25 Total | $9.28M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY26 Disc. Request | $8.10M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY26 Total | $8.10M |
Budget Details(R-2/P-40 facts)
J-book detail basis (R-2/P-40, USD millions) · PB2026 — a different accounting basis from the P-1/R-1 workbook TOA above; where the two disagree, the reconciliation strip under Budget figures shows both.
Wider than this screen — swipe the table sideways for the remaining fiscal-year columns.
| Project | FY24 Actuals | FY25 Total | FY26 Base | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program Element | $12.4M | $9.28M | $8.10M | $8.10M |
| FA7: Contract Writing System | $12.4M | $9.28M | $8.10M | $8.10M |
Follow the dollar
No follow-the-dollar view — this program's awards haven't been crosswalked at high confidence (flows cover 312 of 1,938 programs). why coverage is partial? →
Awards
No awards are linked to this program element at high or medium confidence — the budget→award crosswalk only asserts links it can defend, and this line has none yet.
Lobbying mentions
No Senate LDA lobbying filing in the tracked data mentions this program element by code or alias.
Oversight
Department-level designation (not specific to this program)
GAO lists 5 high-risk areas for DOD as a whole. That designation covers the department, not Contract Writing System. No program-specific GAO finding for this line is in the ingested data. See the DOD oversight record.
Program dossier
No research dossier for this program — dossiers cover 50 of 1,938 programs, the largest fully J-book-detailed lines by FY2026 requested dollars. why no dossier here? →
Primary sources
Open any budget figure for its exact receipt. Verified line items lead with the highlighted government PDF; original spreadsheets download with their budget edition and exhibit in the filename.
Budget totals · TOA sources
FY2026 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J140
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2026_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2017 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J123
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2017_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2018 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J133
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2018_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2019 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J136
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2019_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2020 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J159
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2020_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2021 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J166
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2021_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2022 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J135
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2022_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2023 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J134
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2023_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2024 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J132
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2024_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2025 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J130
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2025_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
Detailed budget justification
The related TOA spreadsheets above use a different accounting basis from R-2/P-40 detail. Their amounts are not assumed to match these detailed sources.
RDTE - Vol 3 - Budget Activity 5A · www.asafm.army.mil