Reggie Selby

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Mentor-Protégé Program

• Reggie Selby
• Office of Small Business Programs
• Peterson AFB

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AGENDA

• DoD Mentor Protégé Overview
• Air Force Mentor Protégé Overview

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DoD MENTOR-PROTÉGÉ PROGRAM OVERVIEW
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MP PURPOSE

• To provide incentives for major DoD contractors
  to provide development assistance to qualified
  Small Businesses
• Increase qualified Small Business participation
  as subcontractors and suppliers in the DoD
  Federal, and Commercial area
• Facilitate long-term relationships between
  protégé firms and such contractors

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MP GOVERANCE

• DFARS APPENDIX I
• http//farsite.hill.af.mil//reghtml/regs/far2afmcf
  ars/fardfars/dfars/dfarsApxI.htm

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MP PARTICIPANTS

• DoD Agencies and Services
• DCMA
• Mentors (Businesses providing assistance to
  Protégés)
• Protégés (Small Businesses receiving training)
• Qualified Subcontractors
• HBCU/MI (Historically Black Colleges/Minority
  Institutuions)
• SBDC (Small Business Development Centers)
• PTAC (Procurement Technical Assistance Centers)

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MP TYPES OF AGREEMENTS

• CREDIT
• AGREEMENTS

• REIMBURSEMENTS AGREEMENTS

• Contact Individual Service/Agency
• Mentor-Protégé Program Offices

• Contact DCMA
• elaine.howell_at_dcma.mil

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PROVISIONS FOR REIMBURSABLE COSTS

• Reference DFARS App I, para I-109
• Allows mentor to receive reimbursable costs
• Assistance by mentor firm personnel
• Award subcontract on a noncompetitive basis
• Payment of progress payments for the performance
  of subcontracts by a protégé firm in amounts
• Advance payments under such subcontracts
• Loans
• Investment(s) in the protégé firm in exchange for
  an ownership interest in the protégé firm
• Assistance that the mentor obtains for the
  protégé
• HBCU/MI, SBDC, PTAC

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PROVISIONS FOR CREDIT AGREMENTS

• Reference DFARS App I, para I-110
• Allows mentor to receive subcontracting goals
  credit
• Development assistance costs incurred by mentor
  for providing assistance to a protégé
• Costs that have been reimbursed through inclusion
  indirect expense pools
• The amount of credit a mentor may receive for any
  such unreimbursed costs must be equal to
• Four times the total amount of the costs provided
  by SBDC, HBCU/MI, and PTAC
• Three times the total amount provided by mentor
  employees
• Two times the total amount of other such costs
  incurred by the mentor

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MENTOR ELIGIBILITY

• Reference DFARS App I, para I-102a
• Currently eligible for award of Federal Contracts
• Approved, active subcontracting plan negotiated
  with DoD or another Federal Agency
• Approved agreement through the DoD Office of
  Small Business Programs

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PROTÉGÉ ELIGIBILITY

• Reference DFARS App I, para I-102b
• SDB Concerns as defined and approved by The Small
  Business Administration (SBA)
• Business owned and control by Indian Tribe
• Business owned and control by Native Hawaiian
  Organization
• Small business employing the severely disabled
• Women Owned Small Business (WOSB)
• Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business
  (SDVOSB)
• Small Business in a HUBZONE

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MENTOR BENEFITS

• Reimbursement/Credit for Developmental costs
• Long-term relationship with qualified small
  business
• Qualified Protégé (Supplier)
• Non-competitive subcontracts to protégé
• Meet or exceed Small Business Goals

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PROTÉGÉ BENEFITS

• Technology/Business Transfer
• Creation/expansion of a market niche
• Preferred supplier to the mentor
• Long-term relationship with mentor
• Enhanced competitiveness
• Subcontracting opportunities

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OTHER BENEFITS

• HBCU / Minority Institutions
• Internship opportunities
• Provide funding assistance
• DoD
• Increase the DoD Small Business Industrial Base

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STEPS TO MPP PARTICIPATION

• Identify a Mentor/ Protégé Counterpart
• Identify Agreement Type
• Conduct needs assessment (recommended)
• Develop agreement
• Template located at httpwww.acq.osd.mil/osbp/men
  tor_protege/
• Submit agreement for approval
• Agreement start
• Comply with the reporting and review requirements
• Contact Individual Service/Agency Mentor-Protégé
  Program Offices for reimbursable or DCMA (credit)
  for additional requirements

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125 Active Mentor-Protégé Agreements (September
2008)
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Protégé Industry Sector FY 2008
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AIR FORCE MENTOR-PROTÉGÉOVERVIEW
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AF M-P PROGRAMORGANIZATIONAL CHART
Air Force (SAF/SB)
Timothy Douglas Director, AF SB Development and
Support Programs
Support ContractorAcelsior Inc.
Mentors Protégés
SBDCs Subcontractor
PTACs Subcontractor
HBCU / MIs Subcontractor
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AF MENTOR PROTÉGÉ FOCUS

• The mission of air Force Small Business is to
  create and deliver strategies that bring
  innovative, agile, and efficient Small Business
  solutions to the Air Force to fly, fight and win
  in air, space and cyberspace
• Air Force Small Business is not an advocate for
  small businesswe are advocates for the mission,
  met with small business solutions
• Air Force is focusing on agreements that have a
  strong technical component or focus on innovative
  state of the art technology transfer in the
  domains of air, space, and cyberspace
• Air Force Small Mentor Protégé agreements will
  concentrate on the Air Force Key Focus Areas

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Air Force Key Focus Areas

• Reinvigorate the Nuclear Enterprise
• Partner with the Joint Coalition Team to Win
  Todays Fight
• Develop and Care for Airmen and Their Families
• Modernize Our Air and Space Inventories,
  Organization and Trainings
• Acquisition Excellence

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AF-MP PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

• Two Phase Solicitation Process
• Stand Alone Two Year Contracts with Mentor
• Subcontracting to HBCU/MI, PTAC or SBDC
• Program Management Reviews (PMR)
• Proposed Assistance
• 70 - Technology Transfer
• 30 - Business Transfer
• BAAs announced through Fedbizopps
• FY 08 - 8-9 contracts awarded for approx 3M

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POINTS OF CONTACT KEY WEBSITES

• Director, AF SB Development and Support Programs
• Timothy Douglas [phone]
• Timothy.douglas_at_pentagon.af.mil
• Contracting Officer Capt K [phone]
• timothy.karriker_at_afncr.af.mil
• On-Site Contractor Support Acelsior
  Mentor-Protégé Team Lead
• Benny Leal [phone]
• benny.leal.ctr_at_pentagon.af.mil
• Department of Defense
• http//www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/mentor_protege/
• Air Force Small Business Website
• http//www.airforcesmallbiz.org
• FedBizOps Website
• http//www.fbo.gov

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• THANK YOU!