Set-Aside Alert news analysis:

8(a) firms have choice in mentor-protege programs: how to compare?

      Small businesses certified as 8(a) Business Development Program participants by the Small Business Administration now have a greater choice of mentor-protege programs.

      The 8(a) companies can choose from either the SBA’s longstanding 8(a) Mentor Protege Program or its newer All Small Mentor-Protege Program, John W. Klein, associate general counsel for procurement law at the SBA, confirmed to Set-Aside Alert in an email.

      And while having more options could be beneficial, it also may be creating challenges...more....