![]() What are the benefits of the programs?Īdditionally, the benefits available under both programs are identical. Similarly, the All Small Mentor-Protégé Program, which applies to all small businesses – including 8(a) Program participants, Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) small businesses, veteran-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (VOSB/SDVOSBs), woman-owned and economically disadvantaged woman-owned small businesses (WOSBs/EDWOSBs) – is designed to “require approved mentors to aid protégé firms so that they may enhance their capabilities, meet their business goals, and improve their ability to compete for contracts.”Īs such, the purposes of the two programs are identical. The mentor-protégé program currently available to companies participating in the 8(a) BD Program – a business assistance program for small disadvantaged businesses – is “used as a business development tool in which mentors provide diverse types of business assistance to eligible 8(a) BD protégés.” The “explicit purpose” of the 8(a) BD mentor-protégé relationship is to “enhance the capabilities of protégés and to improve their ability to successfully compete for both government and commercial contracts.” ![]() ![]() ![]() The Small Business Administration (SBA) recently issued a proposed rule “to merge the 8(a) Business Development (BD) Mentor-Protégé Program and the All Small Mentor-Protégé Program to eliminate confusion and remove unnecessary duplication of functions within SBA.” What are the purposes of the programs? ![]()
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