Mentor-Prot g Training Session Mary Birdsong Office Of

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• Mentor-Protégé Training Session
• Mary Birdsong
• Office Of Small Business Programs
• U. S. Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle
  Management Command (AMCOM LCMC)
• Redstone Arsenal, Alabama
• http//www.redstone.army.mil

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US ARMY MATERIAL COMMAND (AMC)
AMC provides superior technology, acquisition
support and logistics to ensure dominant land
force capability for Soldiers, the United States
and our Allies.
AMC is the Armys weapon system development and
sustainment command
If a Soldier shoots it, drives it, flies it,
wears it, or eats it, AMC provides it.
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AMC CONTRACTING ACTIVITIES
Army Sustainment Command (ASC) and Joint
Munitions Command (JMC) Aviation and
Missile Life Cycle Management Command (AMCOM
LCMC) Communications-Electronics
Life Cycle Management Command (C-E LCMC)
Joint Munitions Lethality Life Cycle Management
Command (JML LCMC) Research, Development
Engineering Command (RDECOM)
Surface Deployment and DistrIbution
Command (SDDC)
TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (TACOM
LCMC)
Watervliet Arsenal
TACOM LCMC
Natick
RDECOM
Tobyhanna AD
ASCJMC
JML LCMC
C-E LCMC
Letterkenny AD
TACOM-Rock Island
Sierra AD
SDDC
Tooele AD
Tech App Office
Crane AAA
Army Research Lab
CE-LCMC Wash
Blue Grass AD
Army Research Office
Aviation Applied Tech Dir (Ft. Eustis)
McAlester AAP
Pine Bluff Arsenal
AMCOM
Red River AD
Anniston AD
C-E LCMC, SW
Corpus Christi AD
MAJOR SUBORDINATE COMMAND
SUBORDINATE CONTRACTING ACTIVITY
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AVIATION MISSILE LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT
COMMAND (AMCOM LCMC)
AMCOM LCMC develops, acquires, fields, and
sustains aviation, missile, and unmanned vehicle
systems, ensuring readiness to combat
operations. Core competencies are design,
acquire, integrate, field and sustain these
systems transition science and technology into
aviation, missile, and unmanned vehicle systems
and is the industrial operations center of
excellence for air defense and rotary wing
aircraft at Letterkenny and Corpus Christi Army
Depots.
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BLACKHAWK
WHAT AMCOM BUYS

• Aviation and Missile Weapons Systems and the
  supporting equipment required to operate them.
• Repair, overhaul, test and modernization of the
  Armys Aviation and Missile Systems.
• Training and education of soldiers using these
  weapons systems.

UAV
MLRS
UGV
APACHE
JAVELIN
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WHAT AMCOM BUYS

• Test, Measurement Diagnostic Equipment
• Research Development
• Automatic Data Processing Equipment/Computer
  Hardware Software

SENTINEL
Aviation Vibration Analyzer (AVA)
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AVENGER
WHAT AMCOM BUYS

• Services for system integration, engineering
  services, base support, technical
  assistance/operations support, flight services,
  maintenance and overhaul of helicopter
  subassemblies, hydraulic pumps, manifold
  assemblies, and others.

CHINOOK
JLENS
Torque Test Set
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Department of Defense Mentor-Protégé Program

• The Mentor-Protégé Program (MPP) assists small
  businesses (Protégés) to successfully compete for
  prime contract and subcontract awards by
  partnering with large companies or graduated 8(a)
  firms (Mentors) under individual, project-based
  agreements.

http//www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/mentor_protege/
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DoD Mentor-Protégé Program

• Established in 1991 - P.L. 101-510 to provide
  incentives to prime contractors to develop the
  technical and business capabilities of eligible
  protégés to increase their participation in both
  prime contracts and subcontracts.
• The National Defense Authorization Act for FY
  2005 extended the MPP until 30 Sep 2010 for
  approval of new agreements, and until 30 Sep 2013
  for incurred costs.

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DoD Mentor-Protégé Program

• Mentors
• Have at least one active approved subcontracting
  plan negotiated with DoD or another Federal
  agency pursuant to FAR 19.702, and, be eligible
  for award of Federal contracts.
• Graduated 8(a) firms may be mentors. To be
• eligible to be a mentor, an 8(a) firm must be--
• A graduated 8(a) firm that provides documentation
  of its ability to serve as a mentor
• Approved to participate as a mentor IAW DFARS
  Appendix I-105 and
• A graduate of the 8(a) program.
• Can mentor more than 1 protégé under separate
  agreements

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DoD Mentor-Protégé Program

• Protégés
• Certified Small Disadvantaged Business
• Qualified organizations employing the
• severely disabled
• Women-Owned Small Business
• Indian-Owned Small Business
• Native Hawaiian Organization-Owned Small Business
• Qualified HUBZone Small Business
• Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small
• Business
• Be eligible for award of Federal contracts
• A protégé firm may have only one active
  mentor-protégé agreement under the DoD
  Mentor-Protégé Program

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DoD Mentor-Protégé Program

• Two types of MPP Agreements.
• Direct reimbursement Mentor receives
  reimbursement costs of developmental assistance
  provided to the protégé. These Agreements are
  approved by the OSBP of the cognizant Military
  Service or Defense Agency as outlined in the
  Defense Federal Acquisition Supplement (DFARS)
  Appendix I.
• Credit Agreement are those in which the Mentor
  receives a multiple of credit toward their SDB
  subcontracting goal based on the cost of
  developmental assistance provided to the Protégé.

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Army MentorProtégé Program

• DOD delegated approval authority to Services
  beginning FY 2004 for cost reimbursement
  agreements.
• DOD agencies each have their own policies and
  guidelines for participation.
• The Army Space and Missile Defense Command
  (SMDC), at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, will
  execute contract(s) resulting from approved
  Mentor-Protégé agreements.

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Army MentorProtégé Program

• Non-Manufacturing Agreements lt500,000,
  Manufacturing may be higher but cannot exceed 1
  Million a year.
• The Armys Mentor-Protégé Program is
  specifically designed to engage industries to
  shape and expand the industrial base to support
  the war fighter.

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Army MentorProtégé Program

• Review Army Mentor-Protégé Policies Procedures
  and proposal instructions. www.sellingtoarmy.info
  
• Program Participant listings can be found at
  www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/mentor_protege
• The period of performance for each mentor-protégé
  agreement shall be one year from date of award
  with up to two additional one-year options.

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Army MentorProtégé Program

• How to get started----
• Establish a counterpart. Mentors and Protégés
  are solely responsible for finding their
  counterpart.
• Determine the type of agreement.
• Direct Reimbursed Agreement
• Credit Agreement
• 3. Develop an Agreement. MPP agreements must
  meet requirements set forth in DFARS Appendix I
  and the DoD Mentor-Protégé Agreement template.

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Army MentorProtégé Program

• Submit your Agreement Proposal. Submit to the
  OSBP of the Cognizant Military Service or Defense
  Agency.
• Start Agreement.
• Reporting and DCMA Review Requirements.
• DoD Mentor-Protégé Program Hotline (800)
  540-8857 email programinformationmp_at_osd.mil

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Army MentorProtégé Program

• Approval Process
• Selection Board
• - Evaluate and rank proposals
• - Recommend highest rated for approval
• Army Director OSBP approves
• Funding provided
• Contract modified to incorporate MP agreement
• Progress monitored

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Army MentorProtégé Program

• Proposals submitted for reimbursement agreements
  shall be mailed or delivered to
• Department of the Army
• Office of Small Business Programs
• 106 Army Pentagon, Room 3B514,
• Washington, DC 20310-0106
• Attn Mentor-Protégé Program Manager

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Army MentorProtégé Program

• For credit only agreements, apply directly to
  DCMA.
• Contact Ms. Elaine Howell for assistance
• [phone]
• Elaine.Howell_at_dcma.mil

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Army MentorProtégé Program

• Approval cycles In the past, the Army MPP had
  two separate approval cycles.
• Round 1 - 15 November, 300 P.M., Eastern Time
• Round 2 - 15 April, 300 P.M., Eastern Time
• Fiscal Year 2008
• Round 1 Revised from 15 February to 15 August
  2008
• Round 2 Originally 15 April 2008 now cancelled
  in its entirety

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Army MentorProtégé Program

• Due to significant budget shortfalls, no
  additional funding exists to award new
  Mentor-Protégé agreements in FY 08 on a
  reimbursable basis.
• Only Mentor-Protégé proposals for Credit
  Agreements (self fund) will be considered during
  FY 2008. Dollars expended are applied towards
  subcontracting goals.

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Army MentorProtégé Program

• Full details of the program are located at
  http//www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/mentor_protege/
• http//www.sellingtoarmy.info/
• DFARS Appendix I
• DFARS Subpart 219.71, Pilot Mentor-Protégé
  Program
• Mentor-Protégé Hotline [phone] email
  programinformationmp_at_osd.mil

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OFFICE OF SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS WEBSITE

• Visit Our Office of Small Business Programs
  website at
• httpwww.redstone.army.mil/osbp
• 256-876-5441