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DAI approved to participate in the Mentor-Protégé program with Booz Allen Hamilton
Published:
8/3/2009
Author:
Dennis Norton
As of June 2009, Defense Acquisition, Inc (DAI) is participating in the Mentor-Protégé program with Booz Allen Hamilton.
Booz Allen Hamilton is a leading strategy and technology consulting firm. Government agencies, corporations, institutions, and infrastructure organizations rely on Booz Allen Hamilton's expertise and objectivity. This large management consulting and technology services firm has over 95 years experience, 20,000 employees and annual revenues exceeding $4B.
Booz Allen Hamilton is a recognized Industry leader in Acquisition Management, Financial Management, Strategic Consulting and System Engineering & Integration. Its DoD customer base includes Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Joint Staff and Combatant Commands, OSD, and multiple Defense Agencies to include MDA.
Booz Allen Hamilton has proven ability to integrate Acquisition, Financial, and Technical capabilities across diverse geographies and functions.
The DoD Mentor-Protégé Program is the pre-eminent program within the Federal government for the transformation of a small business firm with high potential to a firm of substance, that is, one able to perform well as a prime contractor and/or a subcontractor. In the event that the small business firm possesses commercial capabilities with a domestic or global orientation, the firm's potential becomes stronger yet.
The process assumes all stakeholders (Mentor, Protégé, and DoD) enter an Agreement with a positive outlook and a need to succeed in a documented way by improving revenues, employment levels, and other key indicators of success such as technology enhancement or technology transfer. Increasingly, we need to address technology transfer and other forward-looking growth activities.
The DoD Mentor-Protégé Program is not merely a process of teaming and building acumen in the use of improved business systems and strengthening infrastructure, it is ultimately the means for a Protégé to become a valued business partner, an innovator within a relationship that fosters technical progress.
For the hundreds of Mentors and Protégé that have participated in the program, the consensus is that the program has been positive, constructive, and useful in building stronger business relationships, elevating small business firms to a higher level, transferring technology, and fulfilling the supply needs of the DoD.
Click here to read the Mentor-Protégé approval letter.
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