As prescribed in 19.9007, insert a clause substantially as follows:
DLA MENTORING BUSINESS AGREEMENTS (MBA) PERFORMANCE (DEC 1997) DLAD
(a) The contractor's proposed MBA plan shall become part of this contract upon award. The contractor is hereby obligated, as part of its contractual undertaking, to enter into a written, binding mentoring business agreement with a protege based on and reflective of this plan. Performance under the MBA plan shall be evaluated by the contracting officer, and may become a consideration prior to option exercise for the follow-on years of long-term contracts. MBA plan implementation may also become an independent evaluation factor and/or part of the overall past performance evaluation factor in future source-selection decisions.
(b) The contractor-mentor and its protege(s) shall meet semi-annually with the DLA contracting officer and the small business specialist(s) from the buying activity and/or the DCMA component to review progress/accomplishments under applicable MBA proposals. The contractor is also required to submit periodic progress reports (no less frequently than annually) to the contracting officer regarding proposal fulfillment. Any MBA with a protege that has voluntarily been submitted to the Government shall be compared by the contracting officer to the contractor's proposed plan, hereby incorporated into this contract, to ensure that it adequately reflects the mentor's obligations expressed therein.
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