{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/single-source-contract-regulations-2014/regulation-51",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/single-source-contract-regulations-2014/regulation-51.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/3337",
  "legislation_title": "The Single Source Contract Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/single-source-contract-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/51",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "51",
  "heading": "Matters on which the SSRO must give an opinion",
  "text": "(1) The matters relating to a proposed contract which are specified for the purposes of section 35(1)(a) (matters on which the SSRO must give an opinion) are—\n(a) where the proposed contract is to be priced using a default pricing method—\n(i) the appropriate amount of adjustment that should be made under step 2, 3 or 4 of regulation 11;\n(ii) the appropriate amount of a group cost risk adjustment (regulation 13(2)), the deduction from costs associated with group profits (regulation 13(4)) or group capital servicing adjustment (regulation 13(5));\n(iii) any question relevant to the cost recovery rates that should be used to estimate likely allowable costs;\n(iv) the extent to which a particular cost would be an allowable cost;\n(b) where the proposed contract is to be priced using an alternative pricing method—\n(i) whether the circumstances specified for the use of the alternative pricing method exist;\n(ii) whether the price has been determined in accordance with the alternative pricing method;\n(c) whether any part of the proposed contract should be treated as a component of the contract because the conditions in regulation 9A(1) are met in relation to that part.\n(2) The matters relating to a contract which are specified for the purposes of section 35(1)(a) are—\n(a) if the contract price were to be re-determined under Part 2 of the Schedule, the matters mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) (read as if a reference to the proposed contract were a reference to the contract);\n(b) if the contract price were to be re-determined under Part 4 of the Schedule—\n(i) whether the circumstances specified in Part 4 of the Schedule for the re-determination of the contract price exist;\n(ii) whether the price has been re-determined in accordance with Part 4 of the Schedule or, where the Schedule requires the price to be re-determined using a contract pricing method, in accordance with that contract pricing method;\n(c) if the contract is amended so as to add a new component and the price payable under the component is determined in accordance with an alternative pricing method, the matters mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) (read as if a reference to the proposed contract were a reference to the new component);\n(d) if the contract price were to be re-determined under the Schedule, the matter mentioned in paragraph (1)(c) (read as if a reference to the proposed contract were a reference to the contract);\n(e) whether the Secretary of State has acted reasonably in exercising a power to require the contractor to provide information under regulation 30 (on-demand contract report).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 51 substituted (1.4.2024) by The Single Source Contract (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/420), regs. 1(2), 39"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 51(1)(a)(i) substituted (5.6.2026) by The Single Source Contract (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/510), regs. 1(1), 3(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3337/regulation/51",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:53:13.107571+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}