[1] The self-stated objectives of the AMS "are to increase the quality, reduce the time, manage the risk, and minimize the cost of delivering safe and secure services to the aviation community and flying public.
[2][3][4] The AMS became effective on April 1, 1996[5] in response to a Congressional mandate to the FAA:[6] IN GENERAL.—In consultation with such non-governmental experts in acquisition management systems as the Administrator may employ, and notwithstanding provisions of Federal acquisition law, the Administrator shall develop and implement an acquisition management system for the Administration that addresses the unique needs of the agency and, at a minimum, provides for— (A) more timely and cost-effective acquisitions of equipment, services, property, and materials; and (B) the resolution of bid protests and contract disputes related thereto, using consensual alternative dispute resolution techniques to the maximum extent practicable.
(C) The Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–355), except for section 315 (41 U.S.C.
For the purpose of applying section 315 of that Act to the system, the term ‘‘executive agency’’ is deemed to refer to the Federal Aviation Administration.
), except that all reasonable opportunities to be awarded contracts shall be provided to small business concerns and small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.