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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.
We are seeking views on updated and new pricing guidance, which sees greater choice, flexibility and simplicity for how some non-competitive defence contracts can be priced from April 2024.
We are proposing changes to the way we select comparable companies used as part of determining the annual profit rate for non-competitive defence contracts.
We are consulting on new guidance on the Final Price adjustment (FPA), which allows excess profits or losses arising on a qualifying defence contract or qualifying sub-contract to be shared, rather than falling entirely to t…
The SSRO is seeking feedback on proposals for improving the support it provides to stakeholders to help them understand and apply the regulatory framework for non-competed defence contracts.
The SSRO is conducting a review of its Baseline Profit Rate (BPR) Activity Types and is today launching a consultation on the findings of Phase 1 of this review
The SSRO is planning to make enabling changes to make it simpler and more efficient for users to submit their reports.
Consultation on the compliance and review methodology
Seeks views on proposed changes to the SSRO's Allowable Costs guidance.
Consultation on changes for the 2023/24 rates assessment
The SSRO’s reporting guidance helps defence contractors to prepare and submit reports required under the Defence Reform Act 2014 and the Single Source Contract Regulations 2014. Contractors must have regard to the SSRO’s gui…
The SSRO is launching a four-week consultation on developing an information technology (IT) services activity group, which might be used to benchmark a profit rate for defence contracts that are for the provision of IT servi…
The SSRO is consulting on proposed guidance about when and how, in response to a request, it might require the payment of costs by one party to another when giving an opinion or making a determination.
The SSRO is consulting on proposed changes to its reporting guidance.
Consultation on the baseline profit rate and its adjustment
The SSRO has launched a consultation on its proposed recommendations for the 2020 review of the regulatory framework for single source defence contracts.
Seeks views on proposed guidance for referrals processes in respect of both an appeal against assessment as a qualifying sub-contract (QSC) and a notice of cessation as a QSC.
Seeks views on proposed updates to our compliance and review methodology.
Seeks views on proposed changes to the SSRO's Allowable Costs guidance for 2020/21.
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