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Part 9-Corporate Administrative Contracting Officer (CACO)

20-901 Scope. This Part sets forth (i) policy and procedures for the assignment of a single Corporate Administrative Contracting Officer (CACO) to deal with corporate management for selected multi-division contractors and (ii) duties and responsibilities of the assigned CACO, including his relationship to other contracting officers, particularly those within other contract administration organizations.

20-902 Policy. Many contractors with more than one operational location (divisions, plants, subsidiaries, etc.) have corporate-wide policies, procedures and activities requiring Government review or approval which may be more efficiently performed by a single administrative contracting officer who has been delegated appropriate authority. To promote effectiveness and consistency in the performance of contract administration service functions, a CACO may be designated and given responsibility for performing functions as provided herein.

20-903 Assignment. Corporate administrative contracting officers, when warranted, shall be assigned as follows:

(a) When all divisions of a corporate entity are under the contract administration cognizance of a single department, that department shall determine the necessity for and designate the component of that department responsible for assigning the CACO.

(b) When a corporate entity has divisions under the contract administration cognizance of more than one department, CACO assignments shall be determined by majority vote among the departments concerned. When agreement cannot be reached or an appeal is desired against a majority decision, the matter shall be referred to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Installations and Logistics) for resolution. Any contract administration office which believes, that with respect to a specific contractor, the appointment of a CACO is needed, will recommend such action to their departmental headquarters and request designation of a coordinator until the matter is fully resolved. The primary criterion determining the department responsible for assignment of a CACO will be the unliquidated dollar balance of contracts being administered. This information may be requested from the appropriate CAS components by the departmental coordinator. Other important considerations should include the geographic location of the corporate office, the location of the contract audit coordinator and any other particular factors which may be relevant to the particular case. When CACO responsibility has been assigned, that office shall notify the Director of the Defense Supply Agency, Attention: DCAS-JP, in order that information concerning the CACO assignment may be included in the DoD Directory of Contract Administration Services Components (DoD 4105.59–H).

20-904 Duties and Responsibilities of the CACO.

(a) Concurrently with the assignment of a CACO, duties and responsibilities of the CACO shall be selected from the functions listed in 1-406 which, in whole or in part, should be performed on a corporate-wide basis. Specific items shall be determined by majority vote among the Departments concerned. When agreement cannot be reached or an appeal is desired against a majority decision, the matter shall be referred to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Installations and Logistics) for resolution.

(b) The CACO shall be responsible for the negotiation and determination of corporate or home office overhead rates for cost reimbursement type contracts (3-700) and for the negotiation of advance agreements for independent research and development costs and bid and proposal costs (15-107, 15-205.35 and 15-205.3) except when this responsibility is assigned in the master list published annually in a Defense Procurement Circular for Tri-Service Departmental negotiation. Departmental Tri-Service contracting officers may delegate such negotiations to established CACOs. The corporate or home office overhead rates negotiated and dollar amounts allocated in accordance with the negotiation to lesser organizational segments of the contractor such as groups, divisions and plants are not subject to further negotiation or audit determination by Government representatives at those levels. The CACO shall make full use of the Defense Contract Audit Agency financial and advisory accounting services by (i) maintaining close liaison with his audit counterpart, the Contract Audit Coordinator (CAC), especially when the acceptability of corporate-wide policies are concerned; and (ii) utilization of advisory audit reports as contemplated by 3-705.

(c) The CACO shall keep divisional ACOs and tri-service groups advised of important matters under consideration, determinations made, and shall solicit their advice and participation when appropriate.

FINDING AIDS

A list of current CFR volumes, a list of superseded CFR volumes, and a list of CFR titles, subtitles, chapters, subchapters and parts are included in the CFR Index to the Code of Federal Regulations which is published separately and revised annually.

Table of CFR Titles and Chapters

Alphabetical List of Agencies Appearing in the CFR
List of CFR Sections Affected

Chap.

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I Administrative Committee of the Federal Register (Parts 0-49)

Office of the Federal Register (Parts 50-299)

Administrative Conference of the United States (Parts 300-399) IV Miscellaneous Agencies (Privacy Regulations) (Part 400-end) Title 2-[Reserved]

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I General Accounting Office (Parts 0-99)

II Federal Claims Collection Standards (General Accounting Office-Department of Justice) (Parts 100-299)

III Cost Accounting Standards Board (Parts 300–499)

Title 5-Administrative Personnel

I Civil Service Commission (Parts 0-1199)

III Office of Management and Budget (Parts 1300-1399)

V The International Organizations Employees Loyalty Board (Parts

1500-1599)

VI Department of Defense (Parts 1600-1699)

VII Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (Parts 1700-1799)

IX Appalachian Regional Commission (Parts 1900-1999)

X National Capital Housing Authority (Parts 2000-2099)

XI United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home (Parts 2100-2199)

XII District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency (Parts 2200

2299)

XIII National Commission on Product Safety (Parts 2300-2399)
XIV Federal Labor Relations Council and Federal Service Impasses
Panel (Parts 2400-2499)

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