FAA Issues Stimulus Grant Guidelines

On March 3rd the FAA issued guidance to recipients of grants from the Stimulus bill.

This guidance instructs airports to use all existing contracting regulations for any funds received from the Stimulus bill.

For A/E services, this means projects selections must be by QBS (Brooks Act) procedures.

Contracts are subject to the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) so costs and fees must meet these regulations.

Of particular interest is that airports must not “mix” stimulus funds with other grant funds. This means that stimulus funds may not be used to modify existing contracts funded from other grant sources. Since the local matching funds are 0% for, this should mean all stimulus funs are stand-alone projects, not extensions of other current projects.