48 CFR § 42.601 - 42.601 General.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s42.601"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 42.601 - 42.601 General."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "42.601"
section_name: "42.601 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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# 42.601 42.601 General.
Contractors with more than one operational location (e.g., division, plant, or subsidiary) often have corporate-wide policies, procedures, and activities requiring Government review and approval and affecting the work of more than one administrative contracting officer (ACO). In these circumstances, effective and consistent contract administration may require the assignment of a corporate administrative contracting officer (CACO) to deal with corporate management and to perform selected contract administration functions on a corporate-wide basis.