Welcome to the forum, Julie.
So ... you're really looking for volunteers, then.
"They" have decided to go for a new database, but haven't thought through how to implement it ... and haven't budgeted the exercise properly, anyway. Have I got that right? Oh well, no doubt "lessons shall be learned".
It sounds to me like "the management" there need to "get a grip"!
OK, here's the plan:- start saving up. Meanwhile, best crack on with Excel (whilst re-visiting the decision to adopt F2 - is it really suited to your needs? - and questions like that).
OK (2):- how many "assets" ... and is your .xls spreadsheet reasonably reliable? And, what type of database files does F2 use?
