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Joanne Watts has been appointed as the Chief Regulatory Officer of the SSRO, after a fair and open external selection process and agreement by the SSRO Board.
2022/23 baseline profit rate, capital servicing rates and SSRO funding adjustment
New Chair appointed for the SSRO, which provides independent, expert leadership in the regulation of single source defence contracts
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The SSRO has closed its investigation of the appropriate step 2 (cost risk) adjustment to be used in calculating the contract profit rate for two amendments to a qualifying defence contract.
On 3 December 2021 the SSRO accepted an application from a party to a qualifying defence contract for a determination under the Defence Reform Act 2014.
On 17 September 2021 the SSRO accepted an application from a party to a qualifying defence contract for a determination under the Defence Reform Act 2014.
The SSRO has published a note to assist the MOD and contractors in identifying and applying relevant SSRO guidance to qualifying contracts affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
SSRO statement on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
The SSRO has launched three public consultations.
Following the SSRO’s recommendation in January 2019, the Secretary of State for Defence has announced the baseline profit rate and other rates to be used from 1 April 2019 to determine the profit element of qualifying defenc…
The SSRO has published the outcome of its consultation on pricing guidance changes for 2019/20.
The Board of the Single Source Regulations Office has appointed a new Chief Executive
The SSRO’s Chief Executive, Marcine Waterman, is leaving the organisation on 24 October 2017 after three years in the role.
The SSRO has sent an update to consultation respondents on its review of the regulatory framework.
The Defence Secretary has today announced a better deal for taxpayers, with the lowering of the baseline profit rate for contracts placed under Single Source Contract Regulations from 8.95% to 7.46%.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
The Secretary of State for Defence has appointed a new chair for the independent defence regulator, the Single Source Regulations Office.
Single source defence procurement, where there is no competition, is an area of public spending which is not well understood or transparent.
Defence companies are failing to comply with new regulations over non-competitive contracts, a report by the independent watchdog has shown.
Taxpayers and the Armed Forces could be saved millions if multiple profit rates are introduced for defence contractors, the new Ministry of Defence regulator has found.
The SSRO has updated its Statutory Guidance on Allowable Costs, which contractors and the Ministry of Defence must have regard to when determining whether costs are Allowable in single source qualifying defence contracts.
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