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Detail of outcome On 11 November 2020, the SSRO published version 9 of the reporting guidance on contract reports, version 9 of the reporting guidance on DefCARS functionality, and version 8 of the reporting guidance on supplier reports. The main changes in version 9 of the contract reports guidance are: The main change in version 8 […]

Detail of outcome The regulatory framework was introduced by the Defence Reform Act 2014 and the Single Source Contract Regulations 2014. It aims to strike a balance between achieving value for money on government expenditure and fair and reasonable prices for contractors, by subjecting qualifying contracts to price control and by requiring suppliers to provide […]

Detail of outcome As part of the SSRO’s work programme, which is set out in the Corporate Plan 2019-2022, the SSRO reviewed two sections of its existing statutory guidance on Allowable Costs during 2019. These sections were: We engaged with stakeholders on these aspects of the guidance during Summer 2019 and consulted publicly on proposed […]

Detail of outcome In 2019 the SSRO proposed to introduce guidance on how it will: The SSRO used the published opinions guidance, on which it had undertaken an extensive review and consultation in 2018, as the basis for producing the proposed new guidance. We consulted publicly on the proposed new guidance from October to December […]

Detail of outcome During summer 2019 the SSRO issued a set of reporting guidance consultation papers. These papers were also discussed with stakeholders at the SSRO’s Reporting and IT subgroup on 10 July. We received seven responses to our consultation, which we have considered in finalising the changes to guidance published in version 7 of the […]

Detail of outcome Under the Defence Reform Act 2014 (the Act), the Single Source Regulations Office (SSRO) is required annually to review the baseline profit rate, capital servicing rate and SSRO funding adjustment used to determine the contract profit rate for pricing qualifying defence contracts (QDCs) and qualifying subcontracts (QSCs). Section 19(2) of the Act […]

Detail of outcome We received consultation responses from six organisations representing the views of major contractors and a trade organisation. We held a workshop to discuss our proposals on 13 March. In finalising our strategy we have reflected on the input provided by stakeholders in their responses. We have published the non-confidential submissions in full along with […]

Detail of outcome In 2018 and 2019 the SSRO reviewed its referrals guidance on opinions and determinations. We considered procedures applied by other regulators with adjudicative functions, opinions given and determinations made since the last guidance update, and views expressed by internal and external stakeholders. We consulted publicly on proposed guidance changes from December 2018 […]

Detail of outcome During 2018 the SSRO reviewed three areas of its existing statutory guidance on Allowable Costs and adjustments to the baseline profit rate. These were: We engaged with stakeholders on these aspects of the guidance during summer 2018 and consulted publicly on proposed guidance changes from October to December 2018. We received 13 […]

Detail of outcome The SSRO started to review its existing statutory guidance in April 2017 and undertook a programme of engagement with stakeholders, consulting on proposed guidance changes in October and November 2017. We received 12 responses to our consultation, which we have considered and reflected in our final Allowable Costs guidance. The consultation response document […]