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13 sections with “mentor firm”

  • DFARS 252.232-7005 Reimbursement of Subcontractor Advance Payments—DoD Mentor-Protégé Program.
    …412-70(b), use the following clause: Reimbursement of Subcontractor Advance Payments—DoD Mentor-Protégé Program (MAR 2024) (a) The Government will reimburse the Contractor for any advance payments made by the Contractor, as a mentor firm,…
  • FAR 19.702 Statutory requirements.
    …quidated damages. (d) As authorized by 15 U.S.C. 637(d)(12), certain costs incurred by a mentor firm in providing developmental assistance to a protégé firm under the Department of Defense Mentor-Protégé Program, may be credited as if they…
  • DFARS 219.7103-1 General.
    …ce, and participation in the Program are in appendix I, Policy and Procedures for the DoD Mentor-Protégé Program. The Mentor-Protégé Program Director, OSBP, OUSD(A&S), has the authority to approve contractors as mentor firms. The Director, …
  • DFARS 219.7103-2 Contracting officer responsibilities.
    …the treatment of developmental assistance costs for either credit or reimbursement if the mentor firm proposes such an agreement, or delegate authority to negotiate to the administrative contracting officer (see FAR 31.109). (b) Modify (wi…
  • DFARS 219.7104 Developmental assistance costs eligible for reimbursement or credit.
    (a) Developmental assistance provided under an approved mentor-protégé agreement is distinct from, and must not duplicate, any effort that is the normal and expected product of the award and administration of the mentor firm's subcontracts.…
  • DFARS 252.219-7003 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (DoD Contracts).
    … Contractor's small business subcontracting goal (section 8025 of Pub. L. 108-87). (c) A mentor firm, under the Pilot Mentor-Protégé Program established under section 831 of Public Law 101-510, as amended, may count toward its small disadv…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …to the acquisition; (2)(i) For civilian agencies, may include two business concerns in a mentor-protégé relationship when both the mentor and the protégé are small or the protégé is small and the concerns have received an exception to affi…
  • DFARS 219.7102 General.
    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 assessmen…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …y allocated as indirect costs. In accordance with 15 U.S.C. 657r(a), an Offeror that is a mentor with an SBA-approved mentor-protégé agreement (see 13 CFR 125.9) that provides a subcontract to its protégé may apply the costs incurred for tr…
  • DFARS 219.7106 Performance reviews.
    The DCMA will conduct annual performance reviews of all mentor-protégé agreements as indicated in appendix I, section I-113. The determinations made in these reviews should be a major factor in determinations of amounts of reimbursement, if…
  • FAR 52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business Concerns.
    …é is small under the size standard for the solicitation in a joint venture comprised of a mentor and protégé with an approved mentor-protégé agreement under a SBA mentor-protégé program. (See 13 CFR 125.9(d).) (2) A joint venture qualifies…
  • DFARS 219.7105 Reporting.
    Mentor and protégé firms must report on the progress made under mentor-protégé agreements as indicated in appendix I, section I-112.
  • DFARS 219.7100 Scope.
    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 capabili…

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