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| AMS Interim Changes | Document Name | Summary | Issue Date | Expiration Date | Download/ View |
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| AMS Policy 3.8.9.1 FAA's SHARE IT Act-related requirements and AMS Guidance T3.8.9A.4 Source Code Harmonization and reuse in Information Technology. | The Memorandum implements interim changes to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Acquisition Management System (AMS) to comply with the Source Code Harmonization And Reuse In Information Technology Act (SHARE IT Act) (Public Law 118-187), enacted December 23, 2024. | 6/9/2025 | Remains in effect indefinitely until they are permanently incorporated into AMS or are otherwise rescinded. |
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| AMS T3.2.1.4 Interim Approval to Implement CFO Simplified Ceiling Increase | Memorandum to establish interim Acquisition Management System (AMS) guidance in order to implement a simplified Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Approval process for any individual modification or combination of modifications to an existing contract, lease, order, or agreement that increases the base value (i.e., total ceiling or total estimated potential value (TEPV) previously approved by the CFO) by 15 percent or $15 million or more (whichever is lower). | 7/12/2024 | Remains in effect until expressly rescinded or until permanent implementation to the AMS. |
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| Top | AMS Waivers | Document Name | Summary | Issue Date | Expiration Date | Download/ View |
| Amendment to Appendix B of the Brand-New Air Traffic Control System (BNATCS) Program: Waivers and Acquisition Rules | This Amendment adds NAS Trusted Enhanced SWIM Cloud Services (ESCS), Strategic Management of Airspace, Routes & Trajectories (SMART), Common Automation Platform (CAP) and Major Air Space Redesign program numbers 26 thru 29 to Appendix B of the Waiver. | 5/5/2026 | The amendment will remain in effect until modified or rescinded in accordance with the AMS. | |
| Brand New Air Traffic Control System (BNATCS) Program: Waivers and Acquisition Rules | The FAA Administrator issued a waiver to amend FAA AMS to include a section called "Accelerated Acquisitions" that specifically addresses the challenges of building an innovative and expedited acquisition process. | 8/28/2025 | The waiver will remain in effect until modified or rescinded in accordance with the AMS. | |
| Legal Waiver for Coordination of Legal Reviews Threshold Changes | The Assistant Chief Counsel for Procurement issued a general waiver for all procurement matters where the legal review threshold for matters requiring legal coordination in AMS Guidance T1.15(4)(b) is increased from $250,000 to $500,000 and for all priced options. The waiver also includes guidance for the eFAST and SETIS program. | 9/1/2023 | The waiver will remain in effect until modified or rescinded in accordance with the AMS. | |
| AMS Provisional Waiver for all eFAST Procurement Actions | Memorandum establishing a provisional waiver to AMS policy and guidance exclusively for all Electronic FAA Accelerated and Simplified Tasks (eFAST) task orders. This waiver increases the CFO review threshold from $10 million to $20 million (ref. AMS 3.2.1.4.2T3.2.1.4) for eFAST task orders. The provisional waiver applies to all new eFAST Screening Information Requests (SIR) and existing eFAST task orders. | 8/19/2022 | 8/19/2024 | |
| Support Contract Review Board Phase 1 Pilot Program | The purpose of the memo is to waive Support Contract Review Board Phase 1 while the Office of Financial and Labor Analysis (ALA) conducts its study on SCRB processes and its relation to the ASRB. | 3/14/2024 | 3/14/2025 | |
| Top | AMS Memos | Document Name | Summary | Issue Date | Expiration Date | Download/ View |
| Interim Changes to AMS - Reinstatement of Project Labor Agreements Requirements for Federal Construction Projects | The Memorandum effects changes to the Acquisition Management System (AMS) to reinstate the requirements of Executive Order (E.O.) 14063, Use of Project Labor Agreements in Federal Construction Projects, initially issued February 4, 2022. | 6/2025 | Remains in effect until expressly rescinded or until permanent implementation to the AMS. | |
| Proposal to increase CFO review threshold from $10 to $15 million | The memo contains background and analysis leading to the recommendation to modify the CFO Review threshold from $10 to $15 million. | 8/2022 | N/A | |
| FAE Memo Intra-Agency Agreements (IAAs) with Volpe | The memo provides direction on new procedures for processing IAAs with Volpe. All requests for IAAs with Volpe (new as well as modification to existing IAAs) must be processed through and signed by a warranted FAA CO with the appropriate authority to obligate FAA and its funding to an IAA with Volpe. | 10/2017 | N/A | |
| FAE Memo FAA Future Implementation of Category Management | The memo provides awareness on the FAA's use of category management. | 9/2024 | N/A | |
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