Small Business Contracting: DOD Should Take Actions to Ensure that its Pilot Mentor-Protege Program Enhances the Capabilities of Protege Firms
Abstract
DODs Pilot Mentor-Protege Program was first authorized as a pilot program in 1990 and has been repeatedly renewed as a pilot program, most recently through September 30, 2018. For fiscal year 2016, total funding for this program was $28.3 million. The joint explanatory statement to accompany the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 includes a provision for GAO to report on DOD's pilot program. This report examines, among other things, (1) DOD's procedures for approving mentor-protg agreements and (2) DOD's performance measures for the program. GAO analyzed DOD guidance, reviewed a randomly selected probability sample of active DOD mentor-protege agreements and estimated their completeness at a 95 percent confidence interval, reviewed DOD's annual program reports for fiscal years 2011 through 2015, and interviewed agency officials.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 11, 2017
- Accession Number
- AD1172916
Entities
People
- Abiud A. Diaz
- Farrah Graham
- Isidro Gomez
- Jennifer Schwartz
- Jessica Sandler
- Marc Molino
- Marshall Hamlett
- William B. Shear
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office