ORAU establishes relationship with United Global Technologies

ORAU President and CEO Andy Page, seated left, signs a mentor-protégé progam agreement with Elizabeth Bernstein, president and CEO of United Global Technologies. Standing, from left to right, are Sharon Jacobs, Heidi Timmerman, Rebecca Crowe and Cindy Snow, members of ORAU’s procurement and contracts administration department. (Photo by ORAU)

Oak Ridge Associated Universities and United Global Technologies recently signed an agreement for a two-year supportive relationship under a federal mentor-protégé program.

Through this relationship, ORAU serves as a business mentor to UGT, providing consultation on a variety of financial, organizational, and business management topics, a press release said

UGT is an economically disadvantaged, women-owned small business based in Charlotte, N.C., that provides information technology and engineering services. It was founded in 2002 and focuses on the needs of federal, state, and local government agencies, the press release said.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Mentor-Protégé Program is designed to encourage approved mentors to provide various forms of assistance to eligible protégé participants.

The purpose of the ORAU mentor-protégé relationship is to enhance the capabilities of the protégés and to improve their ability to successfully compete for federal contracts, the release said.

ORAU is a university consortium that manages the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education for DOE.

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