[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR42.602]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 42_CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND AUDIT SERVICES--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart 42.6_Corporate Administrative Contracting Officer
 
Sec.  42.602  Assignment and location.

    (a) A CACO may be assigned only when (1) the contractor has at least 
two locations with resident ACO's or (2) the need for a CACO is approved 
by the agency head or designee (for this purpose, a nonresident ACO will 
be considered as resident if at least 75 percent of the ACO's effort is 
devoted to a single contractor). One of the resident ACO's may be 
designated to perform the CACO functions, or a full-time CACO may be 
assigned. In determining the location of the CACO, the responsible 
agency shall take into account such factors as the location(s) of the 
corporate records, corporate office, major plant, cognizant government 
auditor, and overall cost effectiveness.
    (b) A decision to initiate or discontinue a CACO assignment should 
be based on such factors as (1) the benefits of coordination and liaison 
at the corporate level, (2) the volume of Government sales, (3) the 
degree of control exercised by the contractor's corporate office over 
Government-oriented lower-tier operating elements, and (4) the impact of 
corporate policies and procedures on those elements.
    (c) Responsibility for assigning a CACO shall be determined as 
follows:
    (1) When all locations of a corporate entity are under the contract 
administration cognizance of a single agency, that agency is 
responsible.
    (2) When the locations are under the contract administration 
cognizance of

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more than one agency, the agencies concerned shall agree on the 
responsible agency (normally on the basis of the agency with the largest 
dollar balance, including options, of affected contracts). In such 
cases, agencies may also consider geographic location.
    (d) The directory of contract administration services components 
referenced in 42.203 includes a listing of CACO's and the contractors 
for which they are assigned responsibility.

[48 FR 42370, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 63 FR 9064, Feb. 23, 1998]