We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.
We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.
You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
Departments, agencies and public bodies
News stories, speeches, letters and notices
Detailed guidance, regulations and rules
Reports, analysis and official statistics
Consultations and strategy
Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports
The home of Single Source Regulations Office on GOV.UK. The Single Source Regulations Office (SSRO) is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Ministry of Defence (MOD).
The Defence Contract Analysis and Reporting System (DefCARS) allows contractors to meet the reporting requirements for contract and supplier reports.
This document provides an overview of the SSRO’s guidance on the regulatory framework for single source defence contracts.
1. Introduction The SSRO plays a key role in supporting the regulatory…
This collection groups together all the documents relating to the Single Source Cost Standards: Statutory Guidance on Allowable Costs
The allowable costs guidance is statutory guidance to which the Ministry of Defence and its contractors must have regard when determining whether costs are allowable in qualifying defence contracts.
The Secretary of State for Defence has announced his determination of the baseline profit rate and capital servicing rates
This collection brings together the baseline and contract profit rate documents published from January 2015.
The SSRO’s guidance on adjustments to the baseline profit rate is statutory guidance to which the Ministry of Defence and its contractors must have regard when determining the contract profit rate for qualifying defence cont…
SSRO guidance on price, profit and costs
Details of how the SSRO supports the MOD and defence contractors.
Guidance on alternative pricing methods which may be applied to single source defence contracts
This consultation explains the updates we intend to make to our reporting guidance and to the Defence Contract Analysis and Reporting System (DefCARS). The guidance comes into force on 1 April 2024. We welcome your views.
The Single Source Regulations Office (SSRO) is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Ministry of Defence (MOD).
The Allowable Costs guidance is statutory guidance to which the Ministry of Defence and its contractors must have regard when determining whether costs are Allowable in qualifying defence contracts.
This DPS principles guidance for effectively preparing, understanding and presenting a DPS is discontinued since the publication of Version 2 of the DefCARS Reporting Guidance and System User Guide. The guidance and DPS temp…
Quarterly publication of queries received by the SSRO and the responses.
Sets out the responsibilities and procedures that the SSRO uses to ensure it governs the organisation to a high standard.
The SSRO reports on departmental spending over £500 with a government procurement card (GPC) and departmental spending over £25,000.
Details of the SSRO's stakeholder engagement strategy
Key statistics relating to qualifying defence contracts (QDCs) and qualifying defence sub-contracts (QSCs). Statistics are published on a quarterly basis, with additional analysis presented in an annual publication.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey (opens in a new tab).