48 CFR § 919.7011 - 919.7011 Developmental assistance.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s919.7011"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 919.7011 - 919.7011   Developmental assistance."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "919.7011"
section_name: "919.7011   Developmental assistance."
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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# 919.7011 919.7011   Developmental assistance.

(a) The forms of developmental assistance a Mentor may provide to a Protege include, but are not limited to—

(1) Management guidance relating to—

(i) Financial management,

(ii) Organizational management,

(iii) Overall business management planning,

(iv) Business development, and

(v) Marketing assistance;

(2) Engineering and other technical assistance;

(3) Noncompetitive award of subcontracts under DOE or other Federal contracts where otherwise authorized;

(4) Award of subcontracts in the Mentor's commercial activities;

(5) Progress payments based on costs;

(6) Rent-free use of facilities and/or equipment owned or leased by Mentor; and

(7) Temporary assignment of Mentor personnel to the Protege for purposes of training.

(b) Costs incurred by a Mentor to provide developmental assistance, as described in paragraph (a) of this section, are allowable only to the extent provided at 919.7003(b).

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