Mentor-Protégé Program

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) currently is developing a Mentor-Protégé program (MPP).  This program will be implemented during fiscal year 2010.  Under the VA MPP, protégé firms must be Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business or Veteran Owned Small Business.

The MPP will be a developmental program to provide vital business expertise to Veteran owned enterprises.  The MPP will serve as tool for Veterans who are business owners to become viable and/or more competitive in the small business community.

Under the MPP, Mentors will receive credit on their subcontracting plans.  The details on how this process will work are currently under development.

Mentors and Protégés are responsible for finding their counterparts.   Once the VA has started accepting Mentor and Protégé applications, we will list firms on this web page that are interested in being Mentors and firms interested in being Protégés.

Please check the Mentor-Protégé section of the VA OSDBU web page periodically for updates on the development of this program.  Once the program is implemented, the applications forms, agreement template, and a guidebook will be posted on the VA OSDBU web page.