{"data":{"id":"us/48-cfr-719.273-1","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"48 CFR 719.273-1","heading":"719.273-1 Purpose.","body":"The USAID Mentor-Protégé Program is designed to assist small business, including veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone, small socially and economically disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business in enhancing their capabilities to perform contracts and sub-contracts for USAID and other Federal agencies. The Mentor-Protégé Program is also designed to improve the performance of USAID contractors and subcontractors by providing developmental assistance to Protégé entities, fostering the establishment of long-term business relationships between small business and prime contractors, and increasing the overall number of small business that receive USAID contract and subcontract awards. A firm's status as a Protégé under a USAID contract shall not have an effect on the firm's eligibility to seek other prime contracts or subcontracts.","path":["Title 48—Federal Acquisition Regulations System","CHAPTER 7—AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT","SUBCHAPTER D—SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRAMS","PART 719—SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS","Subpart 719.273—The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) 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":"c1936a77128f2fcc23ff7c3172d41a67c164e34bffffbeaac9407ca6d0fa8013","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/48-cfr-719.273","next":"us/48-cfr-719.273-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}