[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 48, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

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-



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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 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]