§125.10. Mentor-Protégé programs of other agencies.
13 C.F.R. § 125.10
Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, a Federal department or agency may not carry out a mentor-protégé program for small business unless the head of the department or agency submits a plan to the SBA Administrator for the program and the SBA Administrator approves the plan. Before starting a new mentor protégé program, the head of a department or agency must submit a plan to the SBA Administrator. Within one year of the effective date of this section, the head of a department or agency must submit a plan to the SBA for any previously existing mentor-protégé program that the department or agency seeks to continue.
The SBA Administrator will approve or disapprove a plan submitted under paragraph (a) of this section based on whether the proposed program:
Will assist protégés to compete for Federal prime contracts and subcontracts; and
Paragraph (a) of this section does not apply to—
Any mentor-protégé program of the Department of Defense;
Any mentoring assistance provided under a Small Business Innovation Research Program or a Small Business Technology Transfer Program; and
A mentor-protégé program operated by a Department or agency on January 2, 2013, for a period of one year after the effective date of this section.
The head of each Federal department or agency carrying out an agency-specific mentor-protégé program must report annually to SBA:
The participants (both protégé firms and their approved mentors) in its mentor-protégé program. This includes identifying the number of participants that are:
Small business concerns;
Small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans;
Small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals;
Small business concerns owned and controlled by Indian tribes, Alaska Native Corporations, Native Hawaiian Organizations, and Community Development Corporations; and
Small business concerns owned and controlled by women;
The assistance provided to small businesses through the program; and
The progress of protégé firms under the program to compete for Federal prime contracts and subcontracts.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Amendments
[81 FR 48585, July 25, 2016]
Authority
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 632(p), (q), 634(b)(6), 637, 644, 657f, 657q, 657r, and 657s; 38 U.S.C. 501 and 8127.
Source
Source: 61 FR 3312, Jan. 31, 1996, unless otherwise noted.
Amendments
[81 FR 48585, July 25, 2016]