The Single Source Contract Regulations 2014

[F1 Contract reporting plan U.K.

24.— (1) The primary contractor must provide—

(a) a contract reporting plan for the qualifying defence contract within one month of the initial reporting date; and

(b) if the contract is amended so as to create a new component under the contract, a revised contract reporting plan—

(i) where the amendment has a value of £10,000,000 or more, within one month of the amendment;

(ii) where the amendment has a value of less than £10,000,000, at the same time as the next report is provided in relation to the contract under regulation 26 (quarterly contract report), regulation 27 (interim contract report) or regulation 28 (contract completion report).

(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) to (6), for every qualifying defence contract, the contract reporting plan must contain the following information—

(a) the price that the contracting authority is committed to paying for the contract and, where known, the value of the contract and each component calculated in accordance with regulation 5 (calculating the value of a contract);

(b) a list of—

(i) every quarterly contract report (regulation 26), interim contract report (regulation 27), contract completion report (regulation 28) and contract costs statement (regulation 29) which will be required for the contract;

(ii) where the contract contains components, the information that will be required to be provided separately for each of the components in each of the reports mentioned in paragraph (i); and

(iii) the dates on which those reports will be due;

(c) if the contractor has agreed that it will provide any of the information described in regulation 30(3) (on-demand contract reports) without a written direction, a description of what it has agreed to provide;

(d) a description of the defined pricing structure that the contractor will use in providing the reports required by this Part;

(e) a list of the output metrics that will be used to describe deliverables in the reports required by this Part, together with a description of which component or components the deliverables relate to; and

(f) a list of the cost recovery bases—

(i) that were used, or are expected to be used, in the determination of the contract price; and

(ii) that the contractor will use in making the reports required by this Part,

together with a description of which cost recovery bases relate to which component or components.

(3) If the contract price is determined in accordance with regulation 19A (commercial pricing) for—

(a) the contract, the contract reporting plan need not contain the information referred to in paragraph (2)(d) or (f);

(b) a component of the contract, the contract reporting plan need not contain the information referred to in paragraph (2)(d) or (f) in respect of that component.

(4) If the contract price is determined in accordance with regulation 19B(3) (prices determined in accordance with law) for—

(a) the contract, the contract reporting plan need not contain the information referred to in paragraph (2)(d) or (f);

(b) a component of the contract, the contract reporting plan need not contain the information referred to in paragraph (2)(d) or (f) in respect of that component.

(5) If the contract price for the contract or component is determined in accordance with regulation 19C (previously agreed price) the contract reporting plan need not contain the information referred to in paragraph (2)(d), (e) or (f).

(6) If the contract price is determined in accordance with regulation 19E (competed rates applied to uncompeted volumes) for—

(a) the contract—

(i) the contract reporting plan need not contain the information referred to in paragraph (2)(d);

(ii) paragraph (2)(f) has effect as if for “cost recovery bases” there were substituted “competed rates”;

(b) a component of the contract—

(i) the contract reporting plan need not contain the information referred to in paragraph (2)(d) in respect of that component;

(ii) paragraph (2)(f) has effect in respect of that component as if for “cost recovery bases” there were substituted “competed rates”.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 24 substituted (1.4.2024) by The Single Source Contract (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/420), regs. 1(2), 28 (with reg. 44(1))