FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 219: Small Business Programs › Subpart 219.71
DFARS 219.7100 Scope.
The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.
In plain English
This section establishes the DoD Mentor-Protégé Program, which encourages DoD contractors to help protégé firms improve their capabilities and win more Government and commercial contracts. It matters because it explains the program's purpose and legal basis.
Applies to: DoD contractors and protégé firms
Key terms: DoD Mentor-Protégé Program · protégé firms · incentives
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The text
This subpart implements the DoD Mentor-Protégé Program (referred to as the Program) authorized under 10 U.S.C. 4902. The purpose of the Program is to provide incentives for DoD contractors to assist protégé firms in enhancing their capabilities and to increase participation of such firms in Government and commercial contracts.
← 219.1307 Price evaluation preference for HUBZone small business concerns. · 219.7101 Policy. →
Rule changes for DFARS Part 219
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds (DFARS Case 2024-D002) ↗ · final rule 2025-08-25 · effective 2025-10-01
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds (DFARS Case 2024-D002) ↗ · proposed 2025-01-17 · comments due 2025-03-18
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2025-01-17 · effective 2025-01-17
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.