WAWF Wide Area Work Flow
For many agencies, these systems have eliminated inefficient paper-handling processes and reduced late payment penalties. Obtaining the full value of electronic invoicing requires a coordinated approach that will reduce burden and duplication to both agencies and businesses.
At a glance
- Operator
- Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) Program Management Office — Defense Logistics Agency
- Access
- Account required
- Last updated
Contact
- Commercial
- 1-866-618-5988
Wide Area Workflow (WAWF) is the Department of Defense's electronic system for submitting and processing contract invoices and receiving reports, now delivered as an application inside the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) eBusiness Suite. Contractors use it to invoice the government electronically; government acceptors use it to certify receipt and acceptance of goods and services, feeding downstream payment. It is reached at piee.eb.mil (the wawf.eb.mil address now redirects there) and requires user registration.
What it is
WAWF is the DoD's primary procure-to-pay electronic invoicing and receiving-report application. Federal law (Section 1008 of the FY2001 NDAA) mandated electronic submission of payment requests, and DFARS 252.232-7003 and 252.232-7006 require contractors to submit invoices and receiving reports through WAWF for covered DoD contracts. Government acceptors and inspectors process and certify these documents inside the system, and the results feed entitlement/payment systems for contractor payment.
Who operates it
WAWF is managed by the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment Program Management Office; PIEE is hosted and operated with the Defense Logistics Agency listing it among its enterprise applications. Day-to-day technical help desk support for PIEE/WAWF is provided by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Electronic Business Service Desk.
Access
WAWF/PIEE is not a public, no-login system: users must register for a PIEE account and be granted a role (for example, Vendor or Acceptor) before they can use it. The directory's prior "public" classification is misleading — access requires registration and role assignment, and login uses federally issued or CAC/PKI-based credentials for government users. Registration is completed through the PIEE registration pages at piee.eb.mil.
How logisticians use it
Contracting, receiving/acceptance, and finance personnel use WAWF to create and certify receiving reports and to process contractor invoices electronically, replacing paper-based invoicing and receipt documentation. This includes reparable item receiving reports and, when a Government Purchase Card finances a contract, GPC-specific receiving reports that a government acceptor certifies in the system.
Related systems
WAWF is one module within the broader PIEE eBusiness Suite, which also includes contract data and vendor registration modules used elsewhere in the procure-to-pay process. It interfaces with DoD entitlement and payment systems that rely on WAWF-certified receiving reports and invoices to disburse contractor payments.