13 C.F.R. § 125.10

Mentor-Protégé programs of other agencies

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(a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, a Federal department or agency may not carry out a mentor-protégé program for small business unless the head of the department or agency submits a plan to the SBA Administrator for the program and the SBA Administrator approves the plan. Before starting a new mentor protégé program, the head of a department or agency must submit a plan to the SBA Administrator. Within one year of the effective date of this section, the head of a department or agency must submit a plan to the SBA for any previously existing mentor-protégé program that the department or agency seeks to continue.

(b) The SBA Administrator will approve or disapprove a plan submitted under paragraph (a) of this section based on whether the proposed program:

(1) Will assist protégés to compete for Federal prime contracts and subcontracts; and

(2) Complies with the provisions set forth in §§ 125.9 and 124.520 of this chapter, as applicable.

(c) Paragraph (a) of this section does not apply to:

(1) Any mentor-protégé program of the Department of Defense;

(2) Any mentoring assistance provided under a Small Business Innovation Research Program or a Small Business Technology Transfer Program; and

(3) A mentor-protégé program operated by a Department or agency on January 2, 2013, for a period of one year after the effective date of this section.

(d) The head of each Federal department or agency carrying out an agency-specific mentor-protégé program must report annually to SBA:

(1) The participants (both protégé firms and their approved mentors) in its mentor-protégé program. This includes identifying the number of participants that are:

(i) Small business concerns;

(ii) Small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans;

(iii) Small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals;

(iv) Small business concerns owned and controlled by Indian tribes, Alaska Native Corporations, Native Hawaiian Organizations, and Community Development Corporations; and

(v) Small business concerns owned and controlled by women;

(2) The assistance provided to small businesses through the program; and

(3) The progress of protégé firms under the program to compete for Federal prime contracts and subcontracts.

[81 FR 48585, July 25, 2016]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 2014–2019 · leading case: United States v. Gorski
United States v. Gorski (2018) ca1 · cites it 3× “4 (2008); 13 C.F.R. § 125.10 (2005), With respect to this latter requirement, the regulations during all relevant time periods specified several criteria that service-disabled veteran owners had to satisfy in order to establish that they controlled the business.”
Precise Systems, Inc. v. United States (2015) uscfc · cites it 4× “Curtis held sufficient “control” over Precise to satisfy 13 C.F.R. § 125.10 . Id. at 80-81 . He concluded that Mr.”
United States v. Gorski (2014) mad · cites it 2× “4 (c)(1); 13 C.F.R. § 125.10 (a). “Control by one or more service-disabled veterans means that both the long-term decision[ ] making and the day-to-day management and administration of the business operations must be conducted by one or more service-disabled veterans .”
United States v. Gorski (2015) ca1 “13 C.F.R. § 125.10 (a); 38 C.F.R. § 74.4 (a), (c)(1).”
Precise Systems, Inc. v. United States (2015) uscfc “9 (d), and the control analysis, governed by 13 C.F.R. § 125.10 . Id. Had the SBA intended the inquiries to merge, the SBA would not have promulgated distinct regulations with distinct criteria.”
Xotech, LLC v. United States (2019) uscfc · cites it 2× “, the administrative judge examined 13 C.F.R. § 125.10 (e), which was superseded in 2016 by 13 C.”
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