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Resources for the Single Source Contract Regulations

Legislation: Defence Reform Act & Single Source Contract Regulations

Defence Reform Act 2014 - click following link - Document

Defence Reform Act 2014 - Explanatory Notes - Document

Single Source Contract Regulations 2014 - click following link - Document  

Single Source Contract (Amendment) Regulations 2018 - Document

Single Source Contract (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2018 - LINK 

Single Source Contract (Amendment) Regulations 2019 - These came into force in September 2019 - LINK 


SSRO Statutory Guidance on Allowable Cost

Allowable Costs: Single Source Cost Standards - Statutory Guidance on Allowable Costs wef 7 November 2022 (V6) - click link - DOCUMENT

PLEASE NOTE THE SUPPLEMENTAL GUIDANCE ON INFLATION ISSUED MARCH 2023 - click following link - DOCUMENT

Allowable Costs: Single Source Cost Standards - Statutory Guidance on Allowable Costs wef 29 September 2021 (V5.1) - click link - DOCUMENT

Allowable Costs: Single Source Cost Standards - Statutory Guidance on Allowable Costs wef April 2020 (V5) - click link - DOCUMENT

Allowable Costs: Single Source Cost Standards - Statutory Guidance on Allowable Costs wef April 2019 (V4) - click link - DOCUMENT

Allowable Costs: Single Source Cost standards - Statutory Guidance on Allowable Costs wef April 2018 - click link - DOCUMENT

Allowable Costs:Single Source Cost Standards - Statutory Guidance on Allowable Costs July 2016 - click following link - DOCUMENT


SSRO Statutory Guidance on adjustments to the Baseline Profit Rate (BPR)

BPR Adjustments:For contracts awarded after 31st March 2016 - Guidance on adjustments to the Baseline Profit Rate March 2016 - click following link - DOCUMENT

BPR Adjustments: For contracts awarded after 31st March 2017 - Guidance on adjustments to the Baseline Profit Rate March 2017 - click following link - DOCUMENT

BPR Adjustments: For contracts awarded after 31st March 2018 - Guidance on adjustments to the Baseline Profit Rate March 2018 - click following link - DOCUMENT

BPR Adjustments: For contracts awarded after 31st March 2019 - Guidance on adjustments to the Baseline Profit Rate March 2019 Version 5 - click following link - DOCUMENT

BPR Adjustments: For contracts awarded after 31st March 2020 - Guidance on adjustments to the Baseline Profit Rate March 2020 Version 6 - click following link - DOCUMENT 

BPR Adjustments: For contracts awarded after 31st March 2021 - Guidance on adjustments to the Baseline Profit Rate March 2021 Version 7 - click following link - DOCUMENT

BPR Adjustments: For contracts awarded after 6th August 2021 - Guidance on adjustments to the Baseline Profit Rate August 2021 Version 7.1 - click following link - DOCUMENT

BPR Adjustments: For contracts awarded after 31st March 2022 - Guidance on adjustments to the Baseline Profit Rate March 2022 Version 7.2 - click following link - DOCUMENT

BPR Adjustments: For contracts awarded after 31st March 2023 - Guidance on adjustments to the Baseline Profit Rate March 2023 Version 7.3 - click following link - DOCUMENT


SSRO Answers: Non-Statutory Guidance 

SSRO Answers Version 21 31st March 2017 - Click the following link - DOCUMENT   Note this document is no longer being updated by the SSRO and some answers are no longer valid as a result of changes to the legislation.

The SSRO has instead of updating the above document started to publish on gov.uk a quarterly digest of answers to more recently asked common questions with a recent update made in October 2023. Click the following link :DOCUMENT


DEFCONS

Please be aware that the UK MoD make unilateral changes to these DEFCONS that may materially change the rights and obligations of the contractor and hence please ensure you (i) have the correct edition of the DEFCON and (ii) review the terms of the DEFCON noting that the resources below may not be the most current edition of the DEFCON.  We can provide UK MoD contract terms and conditions training courses with respect to all the UK MoD pricing DEFCONs below.

Please click on the following links.

Relevant to regulated contracts (QDC or QSC)

DEFCON 800 Edn. 12/14  - Qualifying Defence Contract

DEFCON 801 Edn. 12/14 - Amendments to Qualifying Defence Contracts -Consolidated versions

DEFCON 802 Edn. 12/14 - QDC:Open Book on Subcontracts that are not Qualifying Subcontracts

DEFCON 803 Edn. 12/14 - QDC:Disapplication of Protections against excessive profits or losses (PEPL)

DEFCON 804 Edn. 03/15 - QDC: Confidentiality of Single Source Contract Regulations Information 

 

Relevant to unregulated contracts

DEFCON 811 Edn. 12/14 - Single Source: Profit & Loss Sharing on Firm/Fixed Price Contracts

DEFCON 812 Edn. 04/15 - Single Source Open Book

DEFFORM 812 Edn 11/16 - Cost Statement (Non Qualifying Contract)

DEFCON 813 Edn. 12/14 - Single Source Contract Reports and Notifications

DEFCON 814 Edn. 02/19 - Single Source Confidentiality of Open Book & Reporting Information

DEFCON 815 Edn. 04/15 - Contract Pricing Statement - Single Source Non-qualifying contracts

DEFFORM 815 Edn 08/15 - Contract Pricing Statement Form

DEFFORM 815 - DEFFORM 815 completion Instructions

DEFCON 127 Edn. 08/21 - Price Fixing Condition for Contracts of Lessor Value

DEFCON 643 Edn. 12/21 - Price Fixing (Non - qualifying contracts)

DEFCON 653 Edn. 12/14 - Pricing on ascertained costs

DEFCON 695 Edn. 02/15 - Contract Costs Statement - Post Costing (Non - qualifying contracts)

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