Once a protégé finds its mentor, it must show that the relationship will not be used simply as a “pass through” for the mentor to perform small business contracts without any assistance to the small business. To qualify as a mentor, a business must be for-profit, be able to provide assistance to a mentor, possess “good character”, not be debarred or suspended, and be able to impart wisdom to the protégé from their experience in contracting.Īdditionally, the mentor and protégé cannot be affiliated under SBA’s size affiliation rules found here. So, the protégé needs to find a mentor on their own. The SBA makes it very clear that they are not a matchmaking operation. Next, the protégé needs to find a mentor. How do businesses qualify and gain entry into the SBA’s Mentor-Protégé Program?įirst things first, the protégé must be a for-profit small business with some experience in their relevant industry, but hoping to grow its abilities with the assistance of another business. We will only be looking at the widely used SBA Mentor-Protégé Program in this Back to Basics. These are not the same as the SBA’s Mentor-Protégé Program and have their own unique requirements. Second, agencies may have their own mentor-protégé programs, such as the long-running Department of Defense Mentor-Protégé Program.
These two were consolidated into the singular SBA Mentor-Protégé Program in 2020. There are a couple things contractors should keep in mind when diving into the SBA’s Mentor-Protégé Program regulations and guidance:įirst, in the past there was an 8(a) Mentor-Protégé Program run by the SBA, as well as an All Small Mentor-Protégé Program through the SBA. While it is typical that a large business is the mentor, that’s not a requirement–a small business can serve as a mentor. The Mentor-Protégé Program through the SBA is a program in which an “other-than-small” (read “large”) business can provide a small business access to its resources, experience and assistance, and in turn the large business can join with the small business to perform small business set-aside contracts. What is the SBA’s Mentor-Protégé Program? Now lets dive in to some of the points of the SBA’s Mentor-Protégé Program.
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This entry in SmallGovCon’s Back to Basics series will provide a quick overview of some of the requirements and important areas for contractors to remember if they are considering participating in the SBA’s Mentor-Protégé Program.īefore we dive into some of the points of the SBA’s Mentor-Protégé Program, we presume you are like us and really enjoy learning about the SBA’ Mentor-Protégé Program. However, in order for businesses to take advantage of this program, the relationship between the mentor and protégé businesses must meet certain requirements. It provides an avenue for small businesses and large businesses to work together where they otherwise may not have been able to previously, helps federal contractors develop their companies, and can provide protection from affiliation. One of the biggest gamechangers among Federal Contracting programs is the SBA’s Mentor Protégé Program.
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