USAF Fiscal Year 2025 Mentor Protege Program Open Call-ASK ME ANYTHING

UPDATE:

The Dept. of the Air Force is holding an online "Ask Me Anything" about the Air Force FY25 Mentor Protege Program (MPP). David Sikora, Program Manager for the Sec. of the Air Force's Small Business Program's Mentor Protege Program, will brief attendees on the basics of the current Open Call Mentor Protege Program on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024 EST, starting at 3:00 PM EST. Mr. Sikora, MSgt Kyle Mead, the Contracting Officer, and Ms. Moira McLaughlin, will be available until all questions have been answered.

Interested vendors may join via MS TEAMS for video or dial in at the numbers below.

Application packages may still be submitted until Jan 31, 2025. Join on your computer, mobile app or room device: https://dod.teams.microsoft.us/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmeetup-join%2F19%3Adod%3Ameeting_5e34afede8834382b04c08766ad06ce0%40thread.v2%2F0%3Fcontext%3D%257b%2522Tid%2522%253a%25228331b18d-2d87-48ef-a35f-ac8818ebf9b4%2522%252c%2522Oid%2522%253a%252215a6fa63-0f6f-4c7c-9719-8adece13cf22%2522%257d%26CT%3D1734021903741%26OR%3DOutlook-Body%26CID%3DDB8D658F-6FF0-4B70-A387-9B3CA31DBEED%26anon%3Dtrue&type=meetup-join&deeplinkId=8f9b8119-d1e9-4ed8-851d-0cd004994d6d&directDl=true&msLaunch=true&enableMobilePage=true&suppressPrompt=true Meeting ID: 993 865 954 135 Or call in (audio only) Dial in by phone: +1 410-874-6740,,127171842# United States, Odenton. Phone conference ID: 127 171 842#.

Note: Dial-in is unavailable if a conference ID is not present in the meeting invite. Conferences supporting dial-in can also be reached using DSN equivalents. Commercial:1-410-874-6740 or 1-410-874-6750. DSN:322-874-6740 or 322-874-6750.

The United States Air Force invites firms to respond to the attached Open Call Announcement for Mentor Protege Tentative Agreement Packages. This is a two-step process.

Step 1: This Open Call will open from now until January 31, 2025, to receive responses. These package submisstions are for the Fiscal Year 2025 Department of the Air Force Mentor Protege Program (MPP), Secretary of the Air Force, Office of Small Business Programs (SAF/SBP). Please see the attached full announcement and its 11 attachments. This is NOT a formal solicitation.

In Step 2, Offerors whose tentative packages are approved by the SAF/SBP Director will be asked by the contracts office (AFDW/PK) to submit the completed Mentor Protege Agreement (MPA), Technical Proposal and a Cost Proposal. Please see the attached for details. **On December 2, the main announcement, FY25 DAF Mentor Protege OPEN CALL Announcement 22NOV24_F is posted, which had been inadvertently missed.**