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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 219: Small Business Programs › Subpart 219.71

DFARS 219.7102 General.

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 describes the DoD Mentor-Protégé Program, which pairs mentor firms with protégé firms under agreements that provide developmental assistance. It also covers a preliminary cybersecurity readiness assessment for the protégé and incentives DoD may give mentor firms, such as reimbursement or subcontracting credit. It matters because it explains what the program includes and how mentors may be compensated or credited.

Applies to: DoD Mentor-Protégé Program participants (mentor and protégé firms)

Key terms: Mentor firms · Protégé firms · Mentor-protégé agreements · Developmental assistance · Cybersecurity readiness

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

The Program includes—

(a) Mentor firms and protégé firms that meet the criteria in appendix I, section I-102;

(b) Mentor-protégé agreements that establish a developmental assistance program for a protégé firm;

(c) A preliminary assessment of the protégé firm's cybersecurity readiness. The DoD Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Acquisition and Sustainment (OUSD(A&S)), provides this preliminary assessment, which is a benefit of program participation; and

(d) Incentives that DoD may provide to mentor firms, which include—

(1) Reimbursement for developmental assistance costs through—

(i) A separately priced contract line item on a DoD contract; or

(ii) A separate contract, upon written determination by the Director, OSBP, of the cognizant military department or defense agency that unusual circumstances justify reimbursement using a separate contract; or

(2) Credit toward applicable subcontracting goals, established under a subcontracting plan negotiated under FAR subpart 19.7 or under the DoD Comprehensive Subcontracting Test Program, for developmental assistance costs that are not reimbursed.

Sections that refer to it

← 219.7101 Policy. · 219.7103 Procedures. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 219

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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