Notice ID NAVWAR_Headquarters_MKTSVY_19731E
The Navy’s current ERP is a SAP-based solution, using ERP Central Component (ECC) middleware over a HANA database. SAP’s ECC will reach end of life in 2027, with support available through 2030 for an additional cost. The Navy needs a solution to the ECC obsolescence. DON is also considering improving its user experience by adding over 30 new capabilities to its ERP, resulting a program called ERP+ (formerly branded as NextGen FM/ESS). The current Navy ERP system captures over a decade of legacy data, history, transactions, and patches. The Navy needs a fully functional and operational ERP solution fully deployed no later than 2030 with 96,000 users. The final product needs to be functional on an impact level-4 (IL4) cloud environment. SECTION 3: OBJECTIVE Initial market research indicates that the majority of SAP ECC based systems are migrating to SAP S/4, which is the only operable interface to SAP’s HANA database cloud product. The majority of responses to our market research conducted in 2021 and 2022 advocated this approach. The Navy is considering a SAP Enterprise License approach to support the transition from ECC to S/4 to include prototyping or development efforts for the 30+ new capabilities. SECTION 4: Navy ERP+ ASSUMPTIONS The Government welcomes feedback, comments, challenges, or data to support or refute any of the following assumptions: – Migrating from ECC to S4 has less cost, schedule, and performance risk than developing a new Enterprise Resource Planning solution. o Migrating SAP ECC to SAP S/4 will cost less than migrating legacy SAP ERP data to a new system with a different data format. o Migrating SAP ECC to S/4 is possible before the sunset of ECC whereas developing a new system is not achievable before the sunset of ECC o Over 96,000 DON Personnel use SAP Based ERP on a daily basis to support the mission of the Navy. A brand new system requires substantial investment of time and money into training the DON users. o Migrating to a solution other than S/4 will also require additional replacement of HANA software. – The investment in SAP ERP and migration costs could not be recouped through competition of the baseline software for the Navy’s ERP. – Acquisition of enterprise licenses is limited to the original equipment manufacturer (OEM). – Migration of ECC to S/4 can only be performed by a SAP Partner – The transition from legacy ERP to ERP+, and ECC to S/4 supports the use of convertible licenses
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