SSRO opinion on qualifying contracts related to a pre-regime contract
Anonymised summary of a formal opinion on the extent to which payments made under a pre-regime contract are required to be reported in reports for related qualifying defence contracts or qualifying sub-contracts.
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In accordance with the procedure published in the SSRO’s referrals guidance, the SSRO has published an anonymised summary of its opinion in relation to proposed qualifying defence contracts (QDCs) and qualifying sub-contracts (QSCs) relating to a pre-regime contract. The SSRO was jointly referred the request by the MOD and a contractor.
The summary sets out key findings from the SSRO’s consideration of the extent to which the requirements of the Act and the Regulations would apply to payments made under the pre-regime contract given an identified relationship between those payments and the proposed QDCs or QSCs.
The anonymised summary has been prepared having regard to the commercial sensitivity of matters, the subject of the opinion and the SSRO’s obligations under Schedule 5 to the Act.