The Program includes--
(a) Mentor firms that are prime contractors with at least one active subcontracting plan negotiated under FAR Subpart 19.7 or under the DoD Comprehensive Subcontracting Test Program.
(b) Prot[eacute]g[eacute] firms that are--
(1)(i) small disadvantaged business concerns as defined at 219.001(1);
(i) small disadvantaged business concerns as defined at 219.001(1);
(ii) Business entities owned and controlled by an Indian tribe;
(iii) business entities owned and controlled by a Native Hawaiian Organization;
(iv) Qualified organizations employing the severely disabled;
(v) Women-owned small business concerns;
(vi) Service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns; or
(vii) HUBZone small business concerns;
(2) Eligible for receipt of Federal contracts; and
(3) Selected by the mentor firm.
(c) Mentor-prot[eacute]g[eacute] agreements that establish a developmental assistance program for a prot[eacute]g[eacute] firm.
(d) Incentives that DoD may provide to mentor firms, including--
(1) Reimbursement for developmental assistance costs through--
(i) A separately priced contract line item on a DoD contract; or
(ii) A separate contract, upon written determination by the cognizant Component Director, Small Business Programs (SBP), that unusual circumstances justify reimbursement using a separate contract; or
(2) Credit toward applicable subcontracting goals, established under a subcontracting plan negotiated under FAR Subpart 19.7 or under the DoD Comprehensive Subcontracting Test Program, for developmental assistance costs that are not reimbursed. [65 FR 6555, Feb. 10, 2000; 65 FR 30191, May 10, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 47108, Sept. 11, 2001; 69 FR 74995, Dec. 15, 2004; 70 FR 29645, May 24, 2005; 73 FR 46813, Aug. 12, 2008]