[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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