(a) To participate in the Program, entities approved as mentors, will submit a complete agreement package to the contracting officer, contracting officer's representative (COR), and the cognizant Small Business Specialist (SBS) at the NASA Center. The submission package must include the following:
- (1) A signed MPA;
- (2) A signed protégé application;
- (3) The estimated cost of the developmental assistance to be provided, broken out per year and per task, in a separate cost volume; and
- (4) A signed letter of endorsement of the agreement by the contracting officer and the contracting officer representative.
- (b) The NASA MPPO may require additional information as requested upon agreement submission.
- (c) The mentor-protégé agreement must be approved by the Assistant Administrator, NASA OSBP, prior to the mentor incurring eligible costs for developmental assistance provided to the protégé.
[80 FR 12938, Mar. 12, 2015, as amended at 88 FR 69885, Oct. 10, 2023]