Section 319.270-1 - Mentor ProtegeProgram Solicitation provision and contract clause(a) The contacting officer shall insert the provision at 352.219-70, Mentor-Protege Program, in solicitations that include the clause at FAR 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan. The provision requires offerors to provide the contracting officer a copy of their HHS Office of OSDBU-approved mentor-protege agreement in response to a solicitation.(b) The contacting officer shall insert the clause at 352.219-71, Mentor-Protege Program Reporting Requirements, in contracts that include the clause at FAR 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan, and which are awarded to a contractor with an HHS OSDBU-approved mentor-protege agreement.