Terminating the project means starting over from the very beginning at the RFP stage. In my experience, if a firm didn't win the RFP on the first go-around and it hears that the winning firm was terminated, it is less likely to bid on the second go-around. This could cause the customer to receive less-than-quality bids and incur even more problems down the road. How could the client eliminate or reduce this problem once it has decided to terminate the original contract?