Outcome of the consultation on Baseline Profit Rate Methodology
Published on 7 October 2025
The BPR is the starting point for the agreement of contract profit rates and is 8.56 per cent for 2025/26. The BPR has been applied to contracts worth over £124 billion since April 2015. The BPR is only the first in a series of steps used by the contracting parties to derive the contract profit […]
SSRO seeks views on new guidance to support amending defence contracts successfully
Published on 3 October 2025
The SSRO is seeking feedback on its new guidance for both contractors and the Ministry of Defence to support flexible, transparent and efficient amendment of the price of single source contracts. Most UK defence contracts awarded without competition fall under the Single Source Regulatory Framework, which aims to ensure fair pricing and value for money […]
A survey of international arrangements for single source contracting: Same challenges, different solutions
Published on 9 September 2025
The SSRO has published two papers bringing together information on international approaches to single source contracting – where goods and services are purchased from a supplier in the absence of competition. To coincide with the annual meeting of the International Industrial Cost Analysis and Verification Community of Practice (ICOP), being hosted by the SSRO in […]
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Published on 4 September 2025
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Published on 17 June 2025
SSRO consultation on compliance and review methodology
Published on 14 October 2019
Detail of outcome This compliance and review methodology (the methodology) has been subject to public consultation and we would like to thank respondents for sharing their views. All feedback received has been carefully considered. The consultation response document summarises the key issues raised and provides the SSRO’s response to them. We have published the individual feedback forms […]