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Reporting and DefCARS

Annual compliance report 2019

Published on 17 September 2019

Details The regulatory framework for single source defence contracts was introduced by Part 2 of the Defence Reform Act 2014 (the Act) and the Single Source Contract Regulations 2014 (the Regulations). It requires contractors to submit a range of statutory reports to the MOD and the SSRO. The SSRO’s Annual Compliance Report brings together our […]

Annual compliance report 2018

Published on 28 September 2018

Details The regulatory framework for single source defence contracts was introduced by Part 2 of the Defence Reform Act 2014 (the Act) and the Single Source Contract Regulations 2014 (the Regulations). It requires contractors to submit a range of statutory reports to the MOD and the SSRO. The SSRO’s Annual Compliance Report brings together our […]

Annual report on the single source regime 2017

Published on 5 October 2017

Details The regulatory framework for single source defence contracts was introduced by Part 2 of the Defence Reform Act 2014 (the Act) and the Single Source Contract Regulations 2014 (the Regulations). To assist the SSRO in carrying out its statutory functions, it has put in place a set of measures to help monitor the operation […]

Previous DefCARS user guidance for defence contractors

Published on 15 March 2017

Earlier versions of the SSRO’s reporting guidance, since the web version of DefCARS was released in March 2017 are below. They remain on the SSRO website for reference purposes. Report templates and user guides for DefCARS prior to March 2017 and the previous DPS principles guidance which is now included in the current version of the […]

Compliance and review methodology – January 2017

Published on 24 January 2017

The SSRO has recently reviewed its model of regulation, in the light of these obligations, its experience to date and current regulatory best practice. It consulted on its updated compliance and review methodology between 27 September and 8 November 2016. The SSRO received responses from industry, government and defence consultants during the six-week consultation, which […]

SSRO Annual Compliance Report 2015

Published on 28 January 2016

Details The SSRO’s Annual Compliance Report 2015 encompasses the SSRO’s work over the past year to assess compliance by the Ministry of Defence and single source suppliers to the provisions of the Defence Reform Act 2014 and the Single Source Contract Regulations 2014. This work is carried out under the Act, Regulations and the Framework […]

Compliance rating methodology 2015

Published on 5 October 2015

Details The purpose of the Compliance Report is to be an effective tool to monitor and encourage compliance with the single source procurement regime. It is also key to the SSRO’s objective of a transparent and accessible regulatory framework. The SSRO has created a methodology to measure contractor and MOD compliance from which data and […]

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