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This report presents the SSRO's review of compliance with reporting requirements, by defence contractors, under the regulatory framework for single source defence contracts.
Slides from the Make UK Defence's webinar on 13 December 2023
2022/23 baseline profit rate, capital servicing rates and SSRO funding adjustment recommendation
This user guide, template and glossary are discontinued since the launch of the new DefCARS on 15 March and are therefore for reference purposes only.
This collection brings together guidance and associated documents relating to alternative pricing
The DPS is a list of cost categories used to capture data on the reports required by the Defence Reform Act and the relevant regulations.
Consultation on changes for the 2023/24 rates assessment
Standards to be used by contractors and MOD, in contracts where lack of competition could impact on the value for money to the UK taxpayer.
We have released a consultation that explains forthcoming changes to our reporting guidance and to the Defence Contract Analysis and Reporting System (DefCARS).
The Defence Reform Act 2014 places obligations on the SSRO to keep under review the regulatory framework and the extent to which organisations subject to reporting requirements are complying with them.
The Single Source Regulations Office has published analysis of the use of the Defined Pricing Structures (DPS) across qualifying defence contracts (QDCs) and qualifying sub-contracts (QSCs).
Anonymised summary of a formal opinion on the extent to which specified costs, including costs related to risk, are Allowable Costs and on points of principle that might be applicable to the pricing of other contracts.
The SSRO is empowered by the Defence Reform Act 2014 to determine how the regulatory framework for non-competed defence contracts should be applied in certain cases. In March 2023, the SSRO was asked by a defence contractor …
The SSRO was asked by the Secretary of State for Defence to determine the extent to which the labour costs in a qualifying defence contract were Allowable.
Anonymised summary of a formal opinion on the extent to which costs agreed prior to conversion of a contract to a qualifying defence contract may be Allowable.
These user guides, templates and glossaries are for reference purposes only.
Results of the 2022 SSRO stakeholder survey
2022/23 baseline profit rate, capital servicing rates and SSRO funding adjustment
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