Huntsville Chamber of Commerce

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Huntsville Chamber of Commerce MDA Mentor-Protégé
Program Briefing
August 30, 2007
Lee Rosenberg Director, Office of the Small
Business Program Missile Defense Agency
Approved for Public Release 07-MDA-2818 (17 AUG
07)
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Mentor-Protégé Program Information

• Program Objective Designed for Mentors to
  provide beneficial developmental assistance to
  Protégés to enhance their capabilities to perform
  as viable prime and sub-contractor suppliers or
  service providers to MDA, other Federal and
  commercial contracts
• To Qualify as a Mentor
• Must be other than a small business (unless
  waived) and have an active contract and
  performing under a sub-contracting plan with MDA
  pursuant to FAR 19.702 and be eligible for the
  award of Federal contracts
• or
• A graduated 8 (a) firm with ability to serve as a
  mentor
• To Qualify as a Protégé Must either be a SDB,
  SDVOSB, VOB, HUBZone, or WOSB and eligible for
  award of a Federal contract

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Mentor-Protégé Program Information (Cont)

• Program Structure
• Mentor Firms and Protégé Firms are solely
  responsible for selecting their counterpart.
• Protégé Firms May Have Only One Active DoD
  Mentor-Protégé Agreement.
• There are Two Types of Agreements
• Direct Reimbursement Agreements
• Credit Agreements (managed by DCMA)
• For detailed information on the Mentor-Protégé
  Program please visit DoD website
• http//www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/mentor-protege/

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Current Agreements
MDA Currently Has Six Active Reimbursement
Agreements

• Boeing Company
• Aleut Technologies Agreement 5/8/06 to
  5/7/09
• DK Communication Agreement 5/8/06 to 5/7/09
  
• DR Technologies
• Jones Technologies Agreement 9/22/06 to
  9/21/09
• SPARTA, Inc.
• Pearce Consulting Service, LLC Agreement
  10/31/06 to 10/30/08
• NORTHROP GRUMMAN
• BOECORE Corp Agreement 10/01/07 to 9/30/09
• RAYTHEON
• Sonju Industrial, Inc. Agreement 09/30/07 to
  08/31/10
• Two More Potential Agreements in the works!

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Nunn-Perry Award Winners
Revenue growth (M)(Cumulative for All DoD)
Nunn-Perry Award Year
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Nunn-Perry Award Winners
Employee growth ()(Cumulative All DoD)
Nunn-Perry Award Year
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IMPACT OF DoD MENTOR-PROTEGE PROGRAM
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SUMMARY
WIN For the Protégé- Grows Business Capabilities
and Opportunities WIN For the Mentor- Develops
Another Business Partner and Provides Cash
Flow WIN For the Government- Enhances
Competition by Improving the Capability of Small
Businesses to Provide Needed Products or Services

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MDA Points of Contact

• Lee Rosenberg
• Director, Office of Small Business Program
• lee.rosenberg_at_mda.mil
• or
• Pravat K. Choudhury
• Mentor-Protégé Program Manager
• pravat.choudhury_at_mda.mil
• 703-553-3400 (Office)
• 703-271-4342 (Fax)