After subcontract termination, check the hire you arranged for that job

One contract ends while another account continues

An administrator tells you your subcontract will not continue. The equipment you hired for that project has its own supplier agreement. Check it promptly. The end of the customer arrangement does not by itself explain what you must do about hired plant, collection or remaining charges under a separate contract your business entered into.

List the project-linked arrangements

Identify hired equipment, storage, transport and other continuing services linked to the terminated work. Match each to its own contracting entity, terms and current status. Keep the administrator's instruction with the project file, but do not assume every supplier received it or treats it as an instruction concerning their separate agreement with your business.

Read the actual responsibilities

Business.gov.au's contract guidance recommends specifying work and payment arrangements clearly. Use the hire terms to identify the relevant notice, return and charging questions, and obtain advice where unclear. Do not tell accounts that all costs ended on the subcontract date without checking what happened and what the separate agreements require.

Source: business.gov.au: Prepare a contract

Consider a hypothetical continuing charge

Imagine a contractor using a hired generator on the affected project. The subcontract ends on Monday, but no collection arrangement has been confirmed with the hire company. The generator's presence and the hire terms need attention. The example does not determine which days are chargeable; it identifies a separate commitment that can be missed during the larger termination dispute.

Coordinate access and safe return properly

Contact the authorised site or administrator representative about access, and arrange any return through appropriate channels. Do not force entry or remove property without checking authority. Record the equipment identifier, condition and collection evidence where relevant. Keep any question about recovery of these costs from the customer separate from the immediate need to manage your own supplier commitment.

Update the remaining project cost

Reconcile final supplier accounts and mark unresolved items clearly. Give your adviser the evidence for any loss you say arose from the contract ending, without assuming every cost is recoverable. The practical goal is to prevent separate commitments drifting unnoticed while the main claim is assessed. Ending the subcontract should trigger a review of its supporting arrangements, not a blanket assumption that every related bill has stopped.