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Contract profit rate recommendations

The SSRO makes a recommendation to the Secretary of State on the determination of the baseline profit rate and capital servicing rates each January.

2025 contract profit rate assessment

Published on 14 March 2025

Recommendation factsheet 2025 Ancillary Services factsheet 2025 Construction factsheet 2025 Information Technology Services factsheet 2025 Key questions and answers regarding the SSRO’s single source baseline profit rate and capital servicing rates methodology The Secretary of State for Defence has announced his determination of the rates to be used for 2025/26, and we are delighted that […]

2024 contract profit rate assessment

Published on 18 March 2024

The baseline profit rate and capital servicing rates continue to be the most significant determinants of contract profit rates and help ensure pace and agility in the way that single source contracts can be priced. The Secretary of State for Defence has now announced his determination of the rates for this year and we welcome […]

2023 contract profit rate recommendation

Published on 16 March 2023

Details Under the Defence Reform Act 2014, the Single Source Regulations Office (SSRO) is required to provide the Secretary of State each year with an assessment of the appropriate baseline profit rate, SSRO funding adjustment and capital servicing rates used to determine the contract profit rate for qualifying defence contracts (QDCs) and qualifying sub-contracts (QSCs). […]

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