SBA Creates Mentor-Protégé Program for All Small Businesses | Government Contracts Blog
A July 25, 2016, rule issued by the Small Business Administration finalizes, with changes, a proposed rule creating a comprehensive new mentor-protégé program for all small businesses.
The rule implements provisions of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (PL 111-240) and the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (PL 112-239). The major parts of the rule address SBA’s mentor-protégé program and SBA’s treatment of joint ventures. Section 1641 of the NDAA authorized SBA to establish a mentor-protégé program for all small business concerns that is similar to the existing mentor-protégé program for participants in the 8(a) Business Development program.
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Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: SBA Expands its Mentor-Protege Program
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Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: Another Case of Alleged Contract Fraud in the Middle East
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On July 25, 2016, the SBA published its final rule establishing a government-wide mentor-protégé program for the benefit of all small businesses as protégés. This widely-anticipated rule, implementing provisions of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 and the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, provides increased opportunity for small and large businesses to partner with one another. Effective August 24, 2016, this new program is expected to unleash a flood of new mentor-protégé agreements (MPAs) as well as joint ventures eligible to compete on set-aside procurements, and it could likely result in an increase in the number of set-aside procurements.
Source: SBA Opens the Floodgates: The Mentor-Protégé Program Expands to All Small Businesses
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In this second part of our blog series about the July 25, 2016 SBA final rule implementing numerous changes to multiple SBA regulations and establishing a new small business Mentor-Protégé Program (SB MPP), we address how such implementation impacts the parallel 8(a) Business Development mentor-protégé program (8(a) MPP). As the final rule points out, the 8(a) MPP will remain intact; however, the SBA has made several changes to the regulations governing that program, which largely represent the SBA’s efforts to harmonize the two programs. The paragraphs below discuss some of these changes, including those impacting the requirements for entry, ongoing reviews and terminations, and reporting obligations.
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