Join Tony Franco and Katie Flood of PilieroMazza for a discussion of the SBA’s Final Rule creating a new mentor protégé program for all small businesses. The new rule establishes a small business mentor-protégé program to include Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses, Woman-Owned Small Businesses, HUBZone SBCs, and all eligible small businesses.

This new rule:

• Establishes eligibility criteria for the new mentor-protégé program (and revises a few 8(a) Program rules)
• Makes the SBA’s rules consistent across both the new mentor-protégé program and the established 8(a) mentor-protégé program
• Revises joint venture rules and establishes new certification requirements for joint ventures
• Addresses other agency mentor-protégé programs
• Requires that agencies consider the past performance and capabilities of joint venturers
• Requires recertification when an affiliate acquires another concern

The regulation goes into effect on August 24th and will offer competitive advantages to firms that participate in the new mentor-protégé program. Firms in the government contracting space need to be aware of the new rule as they are certain to impact future procurements, contract awards and protests.

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