48 CFR § 42.301 - 42.301 General.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s42.301"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 42.301 - 42.301 General."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "42.301"
section_name: "42.301 General."
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "CONTRACT MANAGEMENT"
part_number: "42"
part_name: "CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND AUDIT SERVICES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 42370, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "42"
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# 42.301 42.301 General.
When a contract is assigned for administration under Subpart 42.2, the contract administration office (CAO) shall perform contract administration functions in accordance with 48 CFR Chapter I, the contract terms, and, unless otherwise agreed to in an interagency agreement (see 42.002), the applicable regulations of the servicing agency.
[63 FR 9063, Feb. 23, 1998]