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Contractor Gets Paid for Costs Due to COVID Stop Work Order

A contractor entered into a fixed-price contract with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to conduct on site monitoring of clinical research sites. After a year of performance, the CDC informed the contractor that it has “postponed” contractor site visits due to COVID-19. The CDC subsequently terminated the contract for convenience. As part of its termination for convenience proposal, the contractor sought costs under the FAR’s stop work order provision even...