{"id":1213,"date":"2026-02-04T06:24:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T11:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2malyszek.com\/?page_id=1213"},"modified":"2026-02-04T06:43:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T11:43:35","slug":"mentor-protege-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/2malyszek.com\/contract-business-development\/mentor-protege-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Mentor Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column1213_076947-62 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column1213_076947-62 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column1213_076947-62 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column1213_076947-62 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column1213_076947-62 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column1213_076947-62 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column1213_076947-62{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column1213_076947-62 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column1213_076947-62 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1213_076947-62\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.kb-row-layout-id1213_61f754-45 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id1213_61f754-45 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id1213_61f754-45 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id1213_61f754-45 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id1213_61f754-45 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id1213_61f754-45 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id1213_61f754-45 alignnone wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top\">\n<style>.kadence-column1213_1deae0-72 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column1213_1deae0-72 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column1213_1deae0-72 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column1213_1deae0-72 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column1213_1deae0-72 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column1213_1deae0-72 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column1213_1deae0-72{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column1213_1deae0-72 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column1213_1deae0-72 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1213_1deae0-72\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1213_2473e6-c2, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1213_2473e6-c2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1213_2473e6-c2\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1213_2473e6-c2 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1213_2473e6-c2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1213_2473e6-c2\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1213_2473e6-c2 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1213_2473e6-c2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1213_2473e6-c2\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h1 class=\"kt-adv-heading1213_2473e6-c2 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1213_2473e6-c2\">Mentor-Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Program<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>GSA\u2019s Mentor-Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Program is designed to encourage and motivate GSA prime contractors to assist small businesses and enhance their capability of performing successfully on GSA contracts and subcontracts. The goal is to increase the overall number of small businesses receiving GSA prime contract and subcontract awards, resulting from mentorship and advanced business practices. The Mentor-Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Program also enhances the capability of Program Participants to achieve entrepreneurial success, be competitive, and contribute to the strength and vigor of our economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mentor firms benefit from their association with small businesses. The mentors receive exposure to new business ideas and technology, a higher profile within the GSA community, as well as the satisfaction of helping mentors to reach their subcontracting goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The purpose of the Mentor-Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 relationship is to:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Improve the capabilities of the prot\u00e9g\u00e9<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assist the prot\u00e9g\u00e9 with meeting the goals established in its SBA-approved business plan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Improve the prot\u00e9g\u00e9\u2019s ability to effectively compete for contracts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Since September of 2009, the GSA Mentor-Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 program has been helping connect prime contractors with small businesses. As with the other agencies\u2019 mentor prot\u00e9g\u00e9 programs, it is focused on small business growth and development and encouraging subcontractor partnering relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number of GSA-based Mentor-Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 relationships continues to grow. On April 11, 2011, GSA held its first annual mentor-prot\u00e9g\u00e9 award ceremony to recognize outstanding mentor-prot\u00e9g\u00e9 relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mentor-prot\u00e9g\u00e9 relationships are varied. Businesses that have taken part in the Mentor-Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 program include: construction, software, facility maintenance, consulting, architecture, and professional services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be eligible to apply as a mentor your firm must be a prime contractor on a GSA Schedule or GSA contracting vehicle, such as a BPA, IDIQ, or GWAC. If your business is large, that vehicle must include a permitted subcontracting plan as required by Federal Acquisition Regulation. A small business prime contractor is not required to have an approved subcontracting plan in place to qualify as a mentor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a mentor, you must be able to assure that you can offer developmental assistance to boost the capabilities of prot\u00e9g\u00e9s to perform as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Contractors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Subcontractors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Suppliers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Call our attorneys at Malyszek &amp; Malyszek for more information about the Mentor-Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Program.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mentor-Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Program GSA\u2019s Mentor-Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Program is designed to encourage and motivate GSA prime contractors to assist small businesses and enhance their capability of performing successfully on GSA contracts and subcontracts&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":458,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"right","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"sidebar-primary","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"wf_page_folders":[],"class_list":["post-1213","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"saqib@smartz.com","author_link":"https:\/\/2malyszek.com\/author\/saqibsmartz-com\/"},"comment_info":0,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2malyszek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2malyszek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2malyszek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2malyszek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2malyszek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1213"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/2malyszek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1217,"href":"https:\/\/2malyszek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1213\/revisions\/1217"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2malyszek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2malyszek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wf_page_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2malyszek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_page_folders?post=1213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}