48 CFR § 919.7007 - 919.7007 Eligibility to be a Protege.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s919.7007"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 919.7007 - 919.7007   Eligibility to be a Protege."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "919.7007"
section_name: "919.7007   Eligibility to be a Protege."
chapter_number: 9
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRAMS"
part_number: "919"
part_name: "SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 7101  and 50 U.S.C. 2401"
regulatory_source: "49 FR 11997, Mar. 28, 1984, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "919"
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# 919.7007 919.7007   Eligibility to be a Protege.

(a) To be eligible for selection as a Protege, a firm must—

(1) Be a small business certified under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act by SBA, other small disadvantaged business, a women-owned small business, HBCU, or any other minority institution of higher learning, or a small business concern owned and controlled by service disabled veterans;

(2) Be eligible for receipt of government contracts;

(3) Have been in business for at least two (2) years prior to application for enrollment into the Mentor-Protege Program; and

(4) Be able to certify as a small business according to the Standard Industrial Code for the services or supplies to be provided by the Protege under its subcontract with the Mentor.

(b) A prospective Mentor may rely in good faith on written representations by a prospective Protege that the Protege meets the requirements in paragraph (a) of this section.

[49 FR 11997, Mar. 28, 1984, as amended at 75 FR 69012, Nov. 10, 2010]