---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 919.7007"
title: "48"
number: "919.7007"
heading: "Eligibility to be a Protege."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/919.7007"
---

# §919.7007. Eligibility to be a Protege.

- (a) **To be eligible for selection as a Protege, a firm must—**
  - (1) Be a small business certified under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act by SBA, other small disadvantaged business, a women-owned small business, HBCU, or any other minority institution of higher learning, or a small business concern owned and controlled by service disabled veterans;
  - (2) Be eligible for receipt of government contracts;
  - (3) Have been in business for at least two (2) years prior to application for enrollment into the Mentor-Protege Program; and
  - (4) Be able to certify as a small business according to the Standard Industrial Code for the services or supplies to be provided by the Protege under its subcontract with the Mentor.
- (b) A prospective Mentor may rely in good faith on written representations by a prospective Protege that the Protege meets the requirements in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section.

## Notes

### Amendments

[49 FR 11997, Mar. 28, 1984, as amended at 75 FR 69012, Nov. 10, 2010]

### Source

Source: 65 FR 21369, Apr. 21, 2000, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq. and 50 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.

### Source

Source: 49 FR 11997, Mar. 28, 1984, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[49 FR 11997, Mar. 28, 1984, as amended at 75 FR 69012, Nov. 10, 2010]