Reimburse mentor assistance and credit development of eligible small-business suppliers
- Objective
- Expand production
- Family / instrument
- Industrial capacity, capital and credit · Supplier development
- Statute
- Authority holder
- Secretary of Defense
- Executor · routing lead
- Authorized component contracting, agreements, or personnel office; assignment is illustrative
Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)
Mentor and protege must satisfy §4902(c), (d), and (n); SBA affiliation determinations remain relevant.
An agreement normally lasts no more than three years, with a written unusual-circumstances determination for up to five; the protege’s agreement-entry window is separately governed by subsection (c).All requirements & limits
Recorded funding condition (excerpt)
Authorized DoD contract line items or a qualifying separate contract for reimbursement; no current funding verified.All funding conditions
What this does not authorize / limits
Mentor loans and subcontract payments are not independent DoD lending authority.
- Participation may not be required as a condition for receiving a contract or subcontract; prohibited fees and joint-venture business-development costs are not reimbursable.
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
EngagementProgram unverified
Implementation caution: Statutory-source review only. A current implementing program, open intake, available funds and individual delegation were not verified.
Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction. Express statutory pathway identified in the USC scrub. Current implementation, public intake, appropriations, available balances, and transaction-specific delegations were not independently verified.
Actor sources
Independent public-source guide; not an official U.S. government website. Record reviewed 2026-10-05. Read the full record for currentness, coordination and all source notes.