[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 6]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR1852.219-77]

[Page 286]
 
            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
        CHAPTER 18--NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
Sec. 1852.219-77  NASA Mentor-Prot[eacute]g[eacute] program.

    As prescribed in 1819.7219(a), insert the following clause:

          NASA Mentor-Prot[eacute]g[eacute] Program (MAY 1999)

    (a) Prime contractors, including certain small businesses, are 
encouraged to participate in the NASA Mentor-Prot[eacute]g[eacute] 
Program for the purpose of providing developmental assistance to 
eligible prot[eacute]g[eacute] entities to enhance their capabilities 
and increase their participation in NASA contracts.
    (b) The Program consists of:
    (1) Mentor firms, which are large prime contractors with at least 
one active subcontracting plan or eligible small businesses;
    (2) Prot[eacute]g[eacute]s, which are subcontractors to the prime 
contractor, include small disadvantaged business concerns, women-owned 
small business concerns, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, 
and minority institutions meeting the qualifications specified in NASA 
FAR Supplement (NFS) 1819.7209.
    (3) Mentor-prot[eacute]g[eacute] agreements, approved by the NASA 
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU);
    (4) In contracts with award fee incentives, potential for payment of 
additional fee for voluntary participation and successful performance in 
the Mentor-Prot[eacute]g[eacute] Program.
    (c) Mentor participation in the Program, described in NFS 1819.72, 
means providing technical, managerial and financial assistance to aid 
prot[eacute]g[eacute]s in developing requisite high-tech expertise and 
business systems to compete for and successfully perform NASA contracts 
and subcontracts.
    (d) Contractors interested in participating in the program are 
encouraged to contact the NASA OSDBU, Washington, DC 20546, (202) 358-
2088, for further information.

                             (End of clause)

[62 FR 36734, July 9, 1997; 62 FR 40309, July 28, 1997, as amended at 64 
FR 10572, Mar. 5, 1999; 64 FR 25216, May 11, 1999]