June 29, 2023

Webinar taught by Ken Brody 

The SBA’s Government-Wide Mentor-Protégé Program and Limitation on Subcontracting Rules: The New Rules and How They Change Small Business Set-Aside Contracting for the Virginia Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) affiliated with George Mason University.

The Virginia PTAC is part of a nationwide program authorized by Congress, which provides free or nominally priced classes to businesses that want to learn about and participate in the government procurement process. The seminars are free three-hour classes.
Registration is available at the Virginia PTAC website

Date: June 29, 2023

Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM (EST)

Specific topics will include:

• Establishing eligibility of Protégés and Mentors
• Negotiating the intricacies of a written Mentor-Protégé Agreement that complies with SBA requirements
• Benefits of Establishing a Mentor-Protégé agreement for both parties, including the ability to create joint ventures that can compete as small businesses under set-aside procurements
• Negotiating JV agreements between Mentors and Proteges
• Relaxation of SBA’s affiliation rules
• How limitations on subcontracting are calculated under the new SBA rule
• Explain how “similarly situated” subcontractors can be used in light of the new limitation on subcontracting rule
• Impact of limitation on subcontracting on teaming and subcontract agreements
• Consequences for not complying with SBA requirements