[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR3052.219-71]

[Page 116]
 
            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
     CHAPTER 30--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, HOMELAND SECURITY 
                      ACQUISITION REGULATION (HSAR)
 
Sec. 3052.219-71  DHS mentor-prot[eacute]g[eacute] program.

    As prescribed in (HSAR) 48 CFR 3019.708-70(b), insert the following 
clause:

           DHS Mentor-Prot[eacute]g[eacute] Program (JUN 2006)

    (a) Large businesses are encouraged to participate in the DHS 
Mentor-Prot[eacute]g[eacute] program for the purpose of providing 
developmental assistance to eligible small business 
prot[eacute]g[eacute] entities to enhance their capabilities and 
increase their participation in DHS contracts.
    (b) The program consists of:
    (1) Mentor firms, which are large prime contractors capable of 
providing developmental assistance;
    (2) Prot[eacute]g[eacute] firms, which are small businesses, 
veteran-owned small businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small 
businesses, HUBZone small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, 
and women-owned small business concerns; and
    (3) Mentor-Prot[eacute]g[eacute] agreements, approved by the DHS 
OSDBU.
    (c) Mentor participation in the program means providing business 
developmental assistance to aid Prot[eacute]g[eacute]s in developing the 
requisite expertise to effectively compete for and successfully perform 
DHS contracts and subcontracts.
    (d) Large business prime contractors serving as mentors in the DHS 
Mentor-Prot[eacute]g[eacute] program are eligible for a post-award 
incentive for subcontracting plan credit. The mentor may receive credit 
for costs it incurs to provide assistance to a prot[eacute]g[eacute] 
firm. The mentor may use this additional credit towards attaining its 
subcontracting plan participation goal under the same or another DHS 
contract. The amount of credit given to a mentor firm for these 
prot[eacute]g[eacute] developmental assistance costs shall be calculated 
on a dollar for dollar basis and reported in the Summary Subcontract 
Report via the Electronic Subcontracting Reporting System (eSRS) at 
http://www.esrs.gov. For example, a mentor/large business prime 
contractor would report a $10,000 subcontract to the 
prot[eacute]g[eacute]/small business subcontractor and $5,000 of 
developmental assistance to the prot[eacute]g[eacute]/small business 
subcontractor as $15,000. The Mentor and Prot[eacute]g[eacute] will 
submit a signed joint statement agreeing on the dollar value of the 
developmental assistance and the Summary Subcontract Report.
    (e) Contractors interested in participating in the program are 
encouraged to contact the DHS OSDBU for more information.

                             (End of clause)

[68 FR 67871, Dec. 4, 2003, as amended at 71 FR 25775, May 2, 2006]