The Mentor-Protégé Program

The DoD Mentor-Protégé (MP) Program was enacted in 1990 (Public Law 101-510) under the direction of former Senator Sam Nunn and Secretary of Defense William Perry. The Office of Small Business Programs (SBP) was established to provide Small Disadvantaged businesses, including Women-owned small businesses (WOSB), with the appropriate mentor in competing for prime contract and subcontract awards.

Successful Mentor-Protégé agreements provide a winning relationship for the Protégé, the mentor, and the DoD. Current participants include companies specializing in environmental remediation, engineering services and information technology, manufacturing, telecommunications, and health care.

Integrated Consultants is an approved Protégé participant of the DoD Mentor-Protégé program.

The Mentor

Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) is an international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically excellent solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. Their mission is to provide in-depth and diversified research, engineering, and technical support services. They have a broad range of technical expertise in defense technologies, civil engineering, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and blast testing and measurement. They also provide sophisticated technical products for environmental site characterization, pavement evaluation, and specialized robotic vehicles.

Additional Information about the Mentor-Protégé Program