[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: 48CFR1852.219-79]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
        CHAPTER 18--NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
Sec. 1852.219-79  Mentor requirements and evaluation.

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

              Mentor Requirements and Evaluation (JUL 1997)

    (a) The purpose of the NASA Mentor-Prot[eacute]g[eacute] Program is 
for a NASA prime contractor to provide developmental assistance to 
certain subcontractors qualifying as prot[eacute]g[eacute]s. Eligible 
prot[eacute]g[eacute]s 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.
    (b) NASA will evaluate the contractor's performance on the following 
factors. If this contract includes an award fee incentive, this 
assessment will be accomplished as part of the fee evaluation process.
    (1) Specific actions taken by the contractor, during the evaluation 
period, to increase the participation of prot[eacute]g[eacute]s as 
subcontractors and suppliers;

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    (2) Specific actions taken by the contractor during this evaluation 
period to develop the technical and corporate administrative expertise 
of a prot[eacute]g[eacute] as defined in the agreement;
    (3) To what extent the prot[eacute]g[eacute] has met the 
developmental objectives in the agreement; and
    (4) To what extent the firm's participation in the Mentor-
Prot[eacute]g[eacute] Program resulted in the prot[eacute]g[eacute] 
receiving competitive contract(s) and subcontract(s) from private firms 
and agencies other than the mentor.
    (c) Semi-annual reports shall be submitted by the mentor to the NASA 
Mentor-Prot[eacute]g[eacute] program manager, NASA Headquarters OSDBU, 
to include information as outlined in paragraph (b).
    (d) The mentor will notify the OSDBU and the contracting officer, in 
writing, as least 30 days in advance of the mentor firm's intent to 
voluntarily withdraw from the program or upon receipt of a 
prot[eacute]g[eacute]'s notice to withdraw from the Program;
    (e) Mentor and prot[eacute]g[eacute] firms will submit a ``lessons 
learned'' evaluation to the NASA OSDBU at the conclusion of the 
contract. At the end of each year in the Mentor-Prot[eacute]g[eacute] 
Program, the mentor and prot[eacute]g[eacute], as appropriate, will 
formally brief the NASA Mentor-Prot[eacute]g[eacute] program manager, 
the technical program manager, and the contracting officer during a 
formal program review regarding Program accomplishments as pertains to 
the approved agreement.
    (f) NASA may terminate mentor-prot[eacute]g[eacute] agreements for 
good cause and exclude mentor or prot[eacute]g[eacute] firms from 
participating in the NASA program. These actions shall be approved by 
the NASA OSDBU. NASA shall terminate an agreement by delivering to the 
contractor a Notice specifying the reason for termination and the 
effective date. Termination of an agreement does not constitute a 
termination of the subcontract between the mentor and the 
prot[eacute]g[eacute]. A plan for accomplishing the subcontract effort 
should the agreement be terminated shall be submitted with the agreement 
as required in NFS 1819.7213(h).

                             (End of clause)

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