Published date: 31 July 2025
Updated date: 4 September 2025
Baseline profit rate methodology March 2025
Under the Defence Reform Act 2014 (the Act), the SSRO is required annually to review the figures used to determine the contract profit rate for pricing qualifying defence contracts (QDCs) and qualifying sub-contracts (QSCs). Section 19(2) of the Act requires that, for each financial year, the SSRO must provide the Secretary of State with its […]
Published date: 30 June 2025
Updated date: 7 October 2025
Baseline Profit Rate assessment: Proposed methodology updates
Detail of outcome The SSRO is required each year to provide the Secretary of State with its assessment of the appropriate starting rate of profit on Ministry of Defence contracts placed in the absence of competition, known as the baseline profit rate (BPR). We have published the outcome of our recent consultation on developments to […]