The US Air Force Business Enterprise Systems Division has issued a request for information for Enterprise Resource Planning Common Services on Cloud One Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), signaling continued investment in shared cloud services for defense ERP environments.
A HigherGov listing says the Air Force is seeking a partner to build, integrate, and sustain ERP Common Services on the Cloud One OCI platform. The objective is to strengthen a standardized shared-services model that helps the program management office improve collaboration, streamline business functions, and integrate current and emerging technologies.
The RFI was posted on June 5 and updated on July 7, with responses due July 21. The listed place of performance is Maxwell AFB-Gunter Annex in Montgomery, Alabama, and the projected period of performance includes one base year, four one-year options, and a six-month extension.
The scope covers a broad services layer around ERP environments. HigherGov lists tasks including environment migration, development, automated testing, integration, cybersecurity, maintenance, sustainment, service management, database management, operations support, and alignment with system lifecycle and agile policies.
Cloud Services Become the ERP Foundation
The RFI points to a broader shift in how defense ERP programs are being structured. Rather than treating each ERP application as a separate modernization effort, the Air Force is looking at common services that can support multiple environments on Cloud One OCI.
That approach can give ERP program offices a more consistent foundation for infrastructure, development practices, security controls, operational support, and integration. For defense systems, that foundation matters because ERP environments must support mission-critical finance, personnel, logistics, and business operations while meeting strict cybersecurity and availability requirements.
Starbridge summarized the requirement as a need to build, integrate, and sustain common services on Cloud One OCI, with work spanning environment migrations, development, automated testing, integration, cybersecurity, maintenance, and 24/7 sustainment. The summary also points to modern DevSecOps and test automation as central parts of the requirement.
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Services Scope Extends Beyond Migration
The RFI is not only asking for migration support. It includes the ongoing operation and sustainment of ERP Common Services, meaning contractors will need to support performance, reliability, database administration, service management, cybersecurity, and continuous delivery after environments are established.
That distinction is important for systems integrators. The Air Force is looking for capabilities across the full lifecycle: moving environments, building services, integrating applications, automating tests, securing systems, operating production services, and continuously adding new technologies.
The listed bidder requirements also emphasize cloud common-services experience, preferably on OCI, and 24/7/365 operational support for mission-critical systems. That makes the opportunity relevant for federal integrators with experience across Oracle, defense cloud, cybersecurity, DevSecOps, ERP sustainment, and managed operations.
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What This Means for ERP Insiders
Defense ERP modernization can depend on shared cloud services. Large government ERP programs cannot scale efficiently when each application carries its own infrastructure, integration, testing, and operations model. For federal CIOs, program offices, and systems integrators, the next modernization priority is building reusable cloud foundations that support multiple ERP capabilities without fragmenting security or sustainment.
Cybersecurity and DevSecOps should sit inside ERP delivery. Mission-critical ERP environments require continuous testing, monitoring, vulnerability management, automated deployment discipline, and 24/7 operational support. For defense contractors and ERP service providers, competitiveness will depend on proving that modernization, security, and sustainment can operate as one delivery model.
OCI is becoming a more visible defense ERP platform. As the Air Force standardizes common services on Cloud One OCI, ERP leaders should watch how cloud architecture, database management, observability, and integration patterns evolve around federal workloads. For Oracle partners and federal integrators, the opportunity is moving beyond application migration into long-term ERP platform operations.
