{"data":{"id":"us/48-cfr-219.7102","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"48 CFR 219.7102","heading":"219.7102 General.","body":"The Program includes—\n(a) Mentor firms and protégé firms that meet the criteria in appendix I, section I-102;\n(b) Mentor-protégé agreements that establish a developmental assistance program for a protégé firm;\n(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\u0026S)), provides this preliminary assessment, which is a benefit of program participation; and\n(d) Incentives that DoD may provide to mentor firms, which include—\n(1) Reimbursement for developmental assistance costs through—\n(i) A separately priced contract line item on a DoD contract; or\n(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\n(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.","path":["Title 48—Federal Acquisition Regulations System","CHAPTER 2—DEFENSE ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE","SUBCHAPTER D—SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRAMS","PART 219—SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS","Subpart 219.71—DoD Mentor Protégé Program"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-48.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:29Z","sha256":"33bf219181b2ac5117e55e9f1283c9142c291495e48a5b0dd70601bed59aae18","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/48-cfr-219.7101","next":"us/48-cfr-219.7103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}