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Mentor-Protégé Program

CSC has participated in mentor-protégé programs since 1995, nurturing disadvantaged businesses and increasing supplier diversity initiatives.

History and Purpose of Mentor-Protégé Programs

The Mentor-Protégé Program was established in 1990 by the Department of Defense and implemented under the direction of former Senator Sam Nunn and former Secretary of Defense William Perry as a pilot program. The program provided incentives for major DoD prime contractors (mentors) to help small, disadvantaged businesses (protégés) compete more successfully for contract awards. In October 2000, an executive order extended the mentoring program to all federal departments and agencies.

Mentor-Protégé Program goals are:
  • Extend technical and business assistance to small disadvantaged businesses (SDB), woman-owned small businesses (WOSB), historically black colleges and universities (HBCU), and minority educational institutions (MEI)
  • Enhance the ability of these businesses and institutions to perform as subcontractors on federal projects
  • Enable these businesses and institutions to serve as prime contractors and widen their reach into the industrial economy
CSC as a Mentor

Through our Mentor-Protégé Program, CSC has enhanced the ability of protégé companies to compete for government contracts, and expanded our efforts to identify and respond to their developmental needs.

Among the ways we've helped our protégé companies are:
  • Upgrading accounting systems to allow a protégé to undertake larger projects
  • Offering training in skill sets that will broaden a protégé's niche in the marketplace
  • Redesigning benefits packages and improving HR management


Read about CSC's current protégé partners.

Three Consecutive Nunn-Perry Awards

The Nunn-Perry Award was established in 1995 to recognize a Mentor-Protégé team's outstanding performance. CSC participated in teams that received this award in 2000, 2001 and 2002.

Read about the 2002 Nunn-Perry Award (protégé company: 3D Research Corporation).

Read about the 2001 Nunn-Perry Award (protégé company: Computer Systems Technology).

Read about the 2000 Nunn-Perry award (protégé company: Data Voice, Inc.).

Potential Protégés — How to Qualify

A subcontracting relationship of at least two years with CSC is a primary consideration for participation in the CSC Mentor-Protégé Program. In addition, we require:
  • Either
    • Certification by the Small Business Administration as a Small Disadvantaged Business
    or
    • Self-certification as a woman-owned small business or service disabled veteran-owned business

  • Willingness to sign a nondisclosure statement allowing CSC to assess the protégé's business


For more information, contact the CSC Mentor-Protégé Program

CSC Mentor-Protégé Program Coordinator
15000 Conference Center Drive
Chantilly, VA 20151
Tel: 703.818.4000 (press 1)
Fax: 703.818.5365
E-mail: supplierdiversity@csc.com


Related Links

Visit Supplier Diversity page on this site, where small businesses can submit a supplier profile for CSC's database.

Read profiles of CSC's current protégé partners

Visit the Department of Defense Mentor-Protégé Web site, www.acq.osd.mil/sadbu/mentor_protege.

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