---
kind: "section"
citation: "13 C.F.R. § 125.10"
title: "13"
number: "125.10"
heading: "Mentor-Protégé programs of other agencies."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/13/125.10"
---

# §125.10. Mentor-Protégé programs of other agencies.

- (a) Except as provided in [paragraph (c)](#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.
- (b) The SBA Administrator will approve or disapprove a plan submitted under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section based on whether the proposed program:
  - (1) Will assist protégés to compete for Federal prime contracts and subcontracts; and
  - (2) Complies with the provisions set forth in §§ [125.9](/cfr/13/125.9.md) and [124.520](/cfr/13/124.520.md) of this chapter, as applicable.
- (c) **Paragraph (a) of this section does not apply to—**
  - (1) Any mentor-protégé program of the Department of Defense;
  - (2) Any mentoring assistance provided under a Small Business Innovation Research Program or a Small Business Technology Transfer Program; and
  - (3) 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.
- (d) The head of each Federal department or agency carrying out an agency-specific mentor-protégé program must report annually to SBA:
  - (1) **The participants (both protégé firms and their approved mentors) in its mentor-protégé program.** This includes identifying the number of participants that are:
    - (i) Small business concerns;
    - (ii) Small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans;
    - (iii) Small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals;
    - (iv) Small business concerns owned and controlled by Indian tribes, Alaska Native Corporations, Native Hawaiian Organizations, and Community Development Corporations; and
    - (v) Small business concerns owned and controlled by women;
  - (2) The assistance provided to small businesses through the program; and
  - (3) The progress of protégé firms under the program to compete for Federal prime contracts and subcontracts.

## Notes

### 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]