---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 219.7102"
title: "48"
number: "219.7102"
heading: "General."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/219.7102"
---

# §219.7102. General.


The Program includes—

- (a) Mentor firms and protégé firms that meet the criteria in appendix I, section I-102;
- (b) Mentor-protégé agreements that establish a developmental assistance program for a protégé firm;
- (c) **A preliminary assessment of the protégé firm's cybersecurity readiness.** The DoD Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Acquisition and Sustainment (OUSD(A&S)), provides this preliminary assessment, which is a benefit of program participation; and
- (d) Incentives that DoD may provide to mentor firms, which include—
  - (1) **Reimbursement for developmental assistance costs through—**
    - (i) A separately priced contract line item on a DoD contract; or
    - (ii) A separate contract, upon written determination by the Director, OSBP, of the cognizant military department or defense agency that unusual circumstances justify reimbursement using a separate contract; or
  - (2) Credit toward applicable subcontracting goals, established under a subcontracting plan negotiated under FAR [subpart 19.7](/cfr/48/subpart19.7.md) or under the DoD Comprehensive Subcontracting Test Program, for developmental assistance costs that are not reimbursed.

## Notes

### Amendments

[65 FR 6555, Feb. 10, 2000; 65 FR 30191, May 10, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 47108, Sept. 11, 2001; 69 FR 74995, Dec. 15, 2004; 70 FR 29645, May 24, 2005; 73 FR 46813, Aug. 12, 2008; 83 FR 12683, Mar. 23, 2018; 87 FR 52349, Aug. 25, 2022]

### Source

Source: 65 FR 6555, Feb. 10, 2000, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1.

### Source

Source: 56 FR 36353, July 31, 1991, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[65 FR 6555, Feb. 10, 2000; 65 FR 30191, May 10, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 47108, Sept. 11, 2001; 69 FR 74995, Dec. 15, 2004; 70 FR 29645, May 24, 2005; 73 FR 46813, Aug. 12, 2008; 83 FR 12683, Mar. 23, 2018; 87 FR 52349, Aug. 25, 2022]