R 291831Z SEP 25 MARADMIN 465/25 MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC IL// SUBJ/ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE DECOMMISSIONING (SUNSET) OF THE CONTRACT WRITING SYSTEM (CWS) STANDARD PROCUREMENT SYSTEM (SPS) AND COMMISSIONING OF THE ELECTRONIC PROCUREMENT SYSTEM (EPS) FOR THE INSTALLATIONS AND LOGISTICS HEAD OF CONTRACTING ACTIVITY (HCA)// REF/A/OSD MEMORANDUM USA001005-23-DPC DATED 28 SEP 2023 REF/B/OSD MEMORANDUM UPDATE TO STANDARD PROCUREMENT SYSTEM SUNSET DATE DATED 28 APR 2020 REF/C/ASN FM&C AND ASN RDA JOINT MEMORANDUM DATED 05 MAR 2025 REF/D/I&L HCA EPS PLAN OF ACTION AND MILESTONES (POA&M) DATED JUN 2025 REF/E/PRODUCTION (PROD) ACCOUNT SELF-REGISTRATION PROCESS DATED 26 AUG 2025 AMPN/REF A AND B IS GUIDANCE FOR THE SUNSETTING OF SPS BY 30 SEPT 2026 AS DIRECTED BY UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ACQUISITIONS & SUSTAINMENT (A&S)/REF B IS GUIDANCE FOR THE TRANSITION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY LEGACY ENTITLEMENT SYSTEM CONSOLIDATION AND CONTRACT WRITING SYSTEM KEY DATES ASSOCIATED WITH THE EPS MIGRATION/ REF D PROVIDES A DETAILED EPS ROADMAP SHOWCASING ALL COMPLETED AND PENDING TASKS AND EVENTS/REF E PROVIDES EPS SELF REGISTRATION GUIDANCE// POC/J.M. DEAL/CIV/UNIT: DC I&L WASHINGTON DC/-/TEL: 703-571-6314/ E-MAIL: [email protected] // POC/V.L. HART/CIV/UNIT: DC I&L WASHINGTON DC/-/TEL: 703-697-7455/ E-MAIL: [email protected] // POC/C.L. KIMBER/LTCOL/UNIT: DC I&L WASHINGTON DC/-/TEL: 571-256-2760/ E-MAIL: [email protected] // POC/H.N. BALDWIN/CIV/UNIT: MCSC PEO MLB QUANTICO VA/-/TEL: 703-784-3131/E-MAIL: [email protected] // GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. Situation. This is a Deputy Commandant, Installations and Logistics (DC I&L) message announcing the decommissioning (sunsetting) of the Contract Writing System (CWS) SPS and the commissioning of ePS. 2.  Mission.  As part of continued Procure-to-Pay (P2P) CWS capability modernization, SPS will be decommissioned for the I&L Head of Contracting Activity (HCA) to include every component of the Marine Corps Field Contracting System (MCFCS) effective 13 Oct 2025. Its successor – ePS – will be commissioned effective 14 Oct 2025. 3.  Execution. 3.A. Starting 01 Oct 2025 through 13 Oct 2025 the MCFCS shall collaborate with their respective comptroller to support a contracts blackout period in which no contract execution or releases thereof will be permitted in SPS or ePS. Urgent contract executions that arise may be approved on a case-by-case basis between the contract execution office director and its local comptroller office. 3.B. Data migration will be completed in a two-facet manner by the SPS Program Management Office (PMO) and will be seamless to the workforce. 3.B.1. All contracting actions executed within the last 15 years will be migrated for retention and auditing to the ePS PMO managed data warehouse MarkLogic. Migration thereof will commence in July 2025 and is projected to be completed by October 2025. 3.B.2. All contracting actions that are open and active will be migrated 10-30 days prior to go-live to the ePS Core Contracting Module (CCM) which is in the production environment. 3.B.2.A. All key personnel (managers, supervisors, team leads, and administrators) shall review and validate migrated open and active contracting actions to ensure they are accurately exhibiting all required data fields and values from origin once migrated into the ePS CCM production environment (reflective of a conformed copy). 3.C. All ePS Government Administrators (GAMs) shall commence establishing their respective contracting offices cabinet structures and warrant templates 30-60 days prior to ePS CCM user registrations kickoff (REF. 3.C.1). 3.C.1. All ePS GAMs shall commence establishing and approving user roles and permissions in ePS CCM 30 days prior to go-live. More detailed guidance was disseminated via all-hands electronic mail (email) early September. 4.  Administration and logistics.  ePS is currently planned for go-live on 14 Oct 2025. All existing P2P Handshakes (1, 2, & 3) and required interfaces have been established to promulgate continuity of operations upon go-live.  Activities will ensure that their personnel have access to, and are familiar with, the procedures contained in reference E. Additionally, key personnel shall ensure all MCFCS staff have signed up for ePS new user training per established training schedule(s) contained in reference D. 5.  Command and signal.  Questions regarding the implementation of ePS should be directed to the I&L Contracts Division (LB) for additional guidance. 6.  Release authorized by LtGen S. D. Sklenka, Deputy Commandant, Installations and Logistics.//