These 8(a)s are eligible for certain sole-source and set-aside contracts and can form joint ventures and teams to bid on 8(a) set-aside contracts, small business set-aside contracts, or unrestricted procurements. Under this program, protégés are limited to 8(a) concerns, which are small businesses that are at least 51% owned, controlled, and managed by a socially and economically disadvantaged American citizen.
The SBA currently offers the 8(a) BD Mentor-Protégé Program. Below is a brief background on the original SBA 8(a) Mentor-Protégé Program and some key highlights from the new, expanded Small Business Mentor-Protégé Program implemented by the Final Rule. As a result of the recent expansion, more businesses, small and large, will be able to take advantage of these and other benefits offered by the SBA’s Mentor-Protégé Programs. Two principal benefits of the SBA’s mentor-protégé program are that it: (1) enhances business development opportunities for small businesses to grow and gain meaningful expertise through the technical, management, financial, educational, and contract performance assistance provided by a mentor firm and (2) expands contracting opportunities for both small businesses that may not otherwise have the capacity or ability to perform certain contracts and non-small businesses that may not otherwise qualify for certain set-aside contracts.
In doing so, the SBA will retain its 8(a) BD Mentor-Protégé Program and establish a second Mentor-Protégé Program for all other SBCs, with the intent of making the requirements for these programs consistent with each other. Specifically, SBA’s Final Rule on Small Business Mentor Protégé Programs (“Final Rule”) will establish “a Government-wide mentor-protégé program” for all SBCs, including Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concerns (“SDVO SBCs”), Historically Underutilized Business Zone (“HUBZones”), and Women-Owned Small Businesses (“WOSBs”).
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Print Download Small Businesses, Big Opportunities – Recent SBA Expansion of the Mentor-Protégé Program By:Įffective August 24, 2016, the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) will fulfill the mandates of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 and the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (“NDAA 2013”), which collectively authorized the establishment of mentor-protégé programs for small business concerns (“SBCs”) modeled after the SBA’s 8(a) Business Development (“BD”) Mentor-Protégé Program.
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