48 CFR § 719.273-1 - 719.273-1 Purpose.

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title: "48 CFR § 719.273-1 - 719.273-1   Purpose."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "719.273-1"
section_name: "719.273-1   Purpose."
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRAMS"
part_number: "719"
part_name: "SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 7254, 40 U.S.C. 486(c), 42 U.S.C. 2201."
regulatory_source: "49 FR 13243, Apr. 3, 1984, unless otherwise noted."
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# 719.273-1 719.273-1   Purpose.

The USAID Mentor-Protégé Program is designed to assist small business, including veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone, small socially and economically disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business in enhancing their capabilities to perform contracts and sub-contracts for USAID and other Federal agencies. The Mentor-Protégé Program is also designed to improve the performance of USAID contractors and subcontractors by providing developmental assistance to Protégé entities, fostering the establishment of long-term business relationships between small business and prime contractors, and increasing the overall number of small business that receive USAID contract and subcontract awards. A firm's status as a Protégé under a USAID contract shall not have an effect on the firm's eligibility to seek other prime contracts or subcontracts.