However, on July 25, 2016, the SBA published a Final Rule Creating the All-Small Mentor-Protégé Program, 81 FR 48558, which went into effect on October 1, 2016. Before October 1, 2016, the SBA's mentor-protégé program was available only to 8(a) small businesses. SBA's rules also confirmed that parties with an approved 8(a) mentor-protégé agreement would not be affiliated under SBA's affiliation rules solely based on the assistance that a protégé received from a mentor under the mentor-protégé agreement. A related significant benefit of the 8(a) mentor-protégé relationship was that the mentor and protégé could joint venture as a small business for any government prime contract or subcontract provided that the protégé qualified as small for the procurement and, for purposes of 8(a) sole source requirements, the protégé had not reached the dollar limits that an 8(a) participant may receive. The primary purpose of that program was to encourage SBA-approved experienced businesses (mentors) to aid in the development of SBA-approved 8(a) small businesses (protégés). SBA originally created a mentor-protégé program solely for 8(a) small businesses in 1998.
Consolidation of SBA's Mentor-Protégé Programs We will publish additional alerts addressing other parts of the Final Rule in the near future. In this alert, we have summarized some of the most significant items related to the SBA's mentor-protégé programs and joint venture regulations. Large and small government contractors should review and be aware of these changes in this Final Rule. The Final Rule makes substantial changes to the SBA's Mentor-Protégé programs, revises SBA's existing affiliation rules, and makes various other technical corrections to better clarify the SBA's intentions for its size regulations. 66146) (the Final Rule), which goes into effect on November 16, 2020. On Octothe Small Business Administration (SBA) published its Final Rule related to Consolidation of Mentor-Protégé Programs and Other Government Contracting Amendments (85 Fed.
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