AAAE Certified Member Module Exams
What is the goal of airport property management? - ✔✔To ensure the airport's economic self-
sufficiency through the full use and occupancy of the airport's facilities.
How is the procurement process affected when an airport accepts Federal funds? - ✔✔Certain funding
sources may have different and sometimes conflicting procurement requirements
Why are Passenger Facility Charges exempt from the Federal procurement process? - ✔✔Because PFCs
are considered a user fee not a grant.
Value Engineering - ✔✔Promotes the substitution of materials and methods with less expensive
alternatives that do not compromising functionality
What do Federal regulations require airports to do for construction contracts costing over $100,000? -
✔✔They require an airport to obtain a bid guarantee equal to at least 5 percent of the bid price as well
as performance and payment bonds equaling 100 percent of the contract.
Any Federally-funded construction contract that exceed $2,000 require airports to... - ✔✔Comply with
the Davis-Bacon Act and establish Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program
Any Federally-funded projects exceeding $100,000 require airports to... - ✔✔Publicly advertise the
projects and must include enough information that the general public would know the nature of the
project including bidding requirements and deadlines
What is the sealed bid method? - ✔✔Whoever is the lowest responsive & responsible bidder for the
construction & equipment contracts
What is the competitive proposal or the Request For Proposal process? - ✔✔Selection isn't limited to
the lowest price but includes a number of factors ie. project approach, qualifications, & experience of
the proposer & his personnel. RFP also must include selection criteria, award process, & scoring method.
, What should Airport Executives strive to ensure about the bid advertising process and selection
process? - ✔✔Making sure that it provided a fair opportunity for bidders to submit their bids and were
evaluated justly.
Design-Build - ✔✔The team works under a single contract with the project owner to provide design &
construction services
Task-Order Contracts - ✔✔Contracts that permit government stocks of specific items to be maintained
at minimum levels and allow direct shipments to the users of products or services.
Construction Manager At Risk - ✔✔The person who provides advice to the airport operator during the
design phase, to take bids for construction from multiple prime trade contractors, and then to manage
the prime trade contractors
Professional services contracts - ✔✔Contracts that are used for program management, construction
management, planning studies, feasibility studies, architectural services, preliminary engineering,
design, engineering, surveying, and mapping and related services
Single-source/non-competitive contracts - ✔✔Contracts that require prior approval from the ADO and
only approved when the item or service is only available from a single-source, when competition is
deemed inadequate, or during an emergency situation
What proposals must be pre-reviewed and concurred by the FAA ADO in order to be AIP funded? -
✔✔Design-build proposals, Construction manager at risk proposals, and other competitive proposals
not involving qualifications-based selection with negotiated prices
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) - ✔✔Small businesses that have socially and economically
disadvantaged individuals who own at least a 51% interest of a business and control management and
daily business operations.
What is the personal net worth standard amount used to determine DBE eligibility? - ✔✔$1.32 million
What is the goal of airport property management? - ✔✔To ensure the airport's economic self-
sufficiency through the full use and occupancy of the airport's facilities.
How is the procurement process affected when an airport accepts Federal funds? - ✔✔Certain funding
sources may have different and sometimes conflicting procurement requirements
Why are Passenger Facility Charges exempt from the Federal procurement process? - ✔✔Because PFCs
are considered a user fee not a grant.
Value Engineering - ✔✔Promotes the substitution of materials and methods with less expensive
alternatives that do not compromising functionality
What do Federal regulations require airports to do for construction contracts costing over $100,000? -
✔✔They require an airport to obtain a bid guarantee equal to at least 5 percent of the bid price as well
as performance and payment bonds equaling 100 percent of the contract.
Any Federally-funded construction contract that exceed $2,000 require airports to... - ✔✔Comply with
the Davis-Bacon Act and establish Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program
Any Federally-funded projects exceeding $100,000 require airports to... - ✔✔Publicly advertise the
projects and must include enough information that the general public would know the nature of the
project including bidding requirements and deadlines
What is the sealed bid method? - ✔✔Whoever is the lowest responsive & responsible bidder for the
construction & equipment contracts
What is the competitive proposal or the Request For Proposal process? - ✔✔Selection isn't limited to
the lowest price but includes a number of factors ie. project approach, qualifications, & experience of
the proposer & his personnel. RFP also must include selection criteria, award process, & scoring method.
, What should Airport Executives strive to ensure about the bid advertising process and selection
process? - ✔✔Making sure that it provided a fair opportunity for bidders to submit their bids and were
evaluated justly.
Design-Build - ✔✔The team works under a single contract with the project owner to provide design &
construction services
Task-Order Contracts - ✔✔Contracts that permit government stocks of specific items to be maintained
at minimum levels and allow direct shipments to the users of products or services.
Construction Manager At Risk - ✔✔The person who provides advice to the airport operator during the
design phase, to take bids for construction from multiple prime trade contractors, and then to manage
the prime trade contractors
Professional services contracts - ✔✔Contracts that are used for program management, construction
management, planning studies, feasibility studies, architectural services, preliminary engineering,
design, engineering, surveying, and mapping and related services
Single-source/non-competitive contracts - ✔✔Contracts that require prior approval from the ADO and
only approved when the item or service is only available from a single-source, when competition is
deemed inadequate, or during an emergency situation
What proposals must be pre-reviewed and concurred by the FAA ADO in order to be AIP funded? -
✔✔Design-build proposals, Construction manager at risk proposals, and other competitive proposals
not involving qualifications-based selection with negotiated prices
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) - ✔✔Small businesses that have socially and economically
disadvantaged individuals who own at least a 51% interest of a business and control management and
daily business operations.
What is the personal net worth standard amount used to determine DBE eligibility? - ✔✔$1.32 million
