(a) To participate in the Program, entities approved as mentors, will submit a complete agreement package to the contracting officer, contracting officer's representative (COR), and the cognizant Small Business Specialist (SBS) at the NASA Center. The submission package must include the following:

(1) A signed MPA;

(2) A signed protégé application;

(3) The estimated cost of the developmental assistance to be provided, broken out per year and per task, in a separate cost volume; and

(4) A signed letter of endorsement of the agreement by the contracting officer and the contracting officer representative.

(b) The NASA MPPO may require additional information as requested upon agreement submission.

(c) The mentor-protégé agreement must be approved by the Assistant Administrator, NASA OSBP, prior to the mentor incurring eligible costs for developmental assistance provided to the protégé.