[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 78 (Monday, April 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20079-20080]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9966]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Technology)


Pilot Mentor-Protege Program; Notice

agency: Department of Defense, Office of Small and Disadvantaged 
Business Utilization.

summary: The Department of Defense is issuing this announcement 
inviting companies to participate in the DoD Pilot Mentor-Protege 
Program (hereinafter referred to as MPP). Prior to September 30, 1995, 
all requests for participation in the MPP should be submitted to 
either: (1) Credit technical assistance cost toward established 
subcontracting goals, or (2) credit these costs and charge them as 
allowable costs to indirect expenses. During this period, requests for 
direct cost reimbursement under the MPP will not be considered, except 
where major program managers identify program funds for the MPP.
    Requests for participation in the MPP should be prepared in 
accordance with the DoD Policy for the Pilot Mentor-Protege Program, 
Appendix I of the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation. Consideration 
should also be given to selecting proteges that can be developed in the 
following DoD thrust areas: manufacturing, environmental, health care, 
management information systems and telecommunications. Mentors are 
encouraged to select proteges in other areas as well.
    Mentors are encouraged to target the protege's developmental 
assistance program to enhancing the ability of the protege to perform 
as a subcontractor to the mentor under specific contracts awarded to 
the mentor by the government. If such an effort is planned under a DoD 
major contract (valued in excess of $100 million over the life of the 
contract), in order to demonstrate good faith in providing 
subcontracting opportunities, the mentor-protege agreement should be 
supported or endorsed by the appropriate program manager and or the 
head of the contracting activity that awarded the major contract.
    To expedite the review process, companies interested in 
participating in the program may submit the mentor protege agreement 
with the initial request, in lieu of the letter of intent.
    Please submit requests for participation in the MPP to: Director, 
DoD Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, 3061 
Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-3061.

for further information contact: Tracy Mitchell, 1-800-553-1858, to 
receive a copy of Appendix I, the DoD policy, regulations, and written 
information about the program; Dora Thomas, DoD Office of Small and 
Disadvantaged Business Utilization, 3061 Defense Pentagon, Washington, 
DC 20401-3061, for other information about the program.

supplementary information: Section 831 of Public Law 101-510 as 
amended, establishes the Pilot Mentor-Protege Program. The purpose of 
the program is to provide incentives to major DoD contractors to 
furnish small [[Page 20080]] disadvantaged businesses (SDB) with 
technical assistance designed to enhance their capabilities to perform 
as subcontractors and suppliers. The ultimate objective of the program 
is to increase the participation of these concerns as subcontractors 
and suppliers under DoD contracts, other federal government contracts 
and commercial contracts. The policy and procedures governing the MPP 
are set forth in Appendix I of the Defense Federal Acquisition 
Regulation.
    Incentives under the MPP consist of: Direct reimbursement of 
technical assistance costs, authority to charge these costs as 
allowable indirect costs and credit them against established 
subcontracting goals, credit only against established SDB 
subcontracting goals and a combination of credit and direct 
reimbursement.
    The following dates are pertinent to this MPP announcement: 
Companies may be approved for participation in the program until 
September 30, 1995; companies may be directly reimbursed or charge 
technical assistance cost as allowable indirect costs until October 1, 
1996; companies may credit costs for providing technical assistance 
toward established subcontracting goals for SDBs until October, 1999.
    In order to be approved as a mentor, a company must be performing 
under at least one active subcontracting plan negotiated pursuant to 
FAR 19.7. Companies that are interested in becoming a mentor will be 
responsible for the selection of SDBs as proteges. DoD will not be 
involved in matching mentors and proteges. SDBs selected as proteges by 
the mentor must meet the eligibility criteria with respect to size and 
disadvantage status set forth in the DoD Policy. Pursuant to the law, a 
protege may have only one mentor.

    Dated: April 18, 1995.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 95-9966 Filed 4-21-95; 8:45 am]
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