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Statutory guidance to which the Ministry of Defence and its contractors must have regard when determining whether costs are allowable in qualifying defence contracts.
The Defence Contract Analysis and Reporting System (DefCARS) allows contractors to meet the reporting requirements for contract and supplier reports.
The SSRO’s guidance on adjustments to the baseline profit rate is statutory guidance to which the Ministry of Defence and its contractors must have regard when determining the contract profit rate for qualifying defence cont…
2025/26 baseline profit rate, capital servicing rates and government owned contractor rate
The guidance identifies and summarises the provisions of the regulatory framework for single source defence contracts which relate to qualifying sub-contracts.
The allowable costs guidance is statutory guidance to which the Ministry of Defence and its contractors must have regard when determining whether costs are allowable in qualifying defence contracts.
Quarterly publication of queries received by the SSRO and the responses. If you have any queries about the responses which the SSRO has published, please email helpdesk@ssro.gov.uk. Someone from the SSRO will be able to cont…
Guidance on alternative pricing methods which may be applied to single source defence contracts.
This DPS principles guidance for effectively preparing, understanding and presenting a DPS is discontinued since the publication of Version 2 of the DefCARS Reporting Guidance and System User Guide. The guidance and DPS temp…
This document provides an overview of the SSRO’s guidance on the regulatory framework for single source defence contracts.
Details of how the SSRO supports the MOD and defence contractors.
The Single Source Cost Standards (SSCS) is a statutory guidance document that contractors and the Ministry of Defence must have regard to when entering into any contract where lack of competition could impact on the value fo…
2019/20 baseline profit rate, capital servicing rates and SSRO funding adjustment
2024/25 baseline profit rate and capital servicing rates
Information on how to submit reports
The SSRO can provide independent and authoritative advice on the application of the regulatory framework to inform contract negotiations or help contracting parties to decide whether to seek an SSRO opinion or determination …
This user guide, template and glossary are discontinued since the launch of the new DefCARS on 15 March 2017 and are therefore for reference purposes only.
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