In typical times, there is no going back after an agency tells a company their contract is being terminated for convenience of the government, which starts a settlement process cycle.

But this episode featuring Jeff Shapiro, government contracting advisory and regulatory assurance partner at CohnReznick, serves as a reminder that these are not typical times in GovCon.

As Shapiro explains to our Ross Wilkers, contractors have a Yes/No question of whether or not to go back to work after a termination reversal. If the answer is Yes, a new cycle begins that Shapiro talks through in detail.

The General Services Administration’s push to centralize much of civilian procurement under its roof features in part two of their discussion.

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GSA to ‘quadruple' in size to centralize procurement across the government

Proactive responses to termination for convenience or stop-work orders

Your contract termination has been reversed. Now what?