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			      <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">519.7003</ph> General Policy.</title>
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						             A large business prime contractor that meets the requirements at section <xref href="GSAM-JIEBHDAR.dita#JIEBHDAR"
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                        class="- topic/xref ">519.7006</xref>, and is approved as a mentor firm by the Mentor-Protégé Program Manager, may enter into an Agreement with a small business concern, small disadvantaged business concern, women-owned small business concern, veteran-owned small business concern, service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern or HUBZone small business concern that meets the requirements for being a protégé (see <xref href="GSAM-INQFTTAJ.dita#INQFTTAJ"
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                        class="- topic/xref ">519.7007</xref>) in order to provide appropriate developmental assistance to enhance the capabilities of the protégé to perform successfully as a subcontractor and supplier.</p>
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						             A small business prime contractor that is capable of providing developmental assistance to protégés, may also be approved as a mentor.</p>
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						             An active mentor-protégé arrangement requires the protégé to either be a current or newly selected subcontractor under the mentor’s prime contract with GSA.</p>
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						             A small business concern’s status as a protégé under a GSA contract shall not have an effect on its ability to seek other prime contracts or subcontracts.</p>
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						             Potential Mentors may submit an application for admittance to the Mentor-Protégé Program at any time as long as the requirements at section <xref href="GSAM-JIEBHDAR.dita#JIEBHDAR"
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                        class="- topic/xref ">519.7006</xref> are met.</p>
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						             The determination of affiliation is a function of the SBA.</p>
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