New Security clearance - adjudication

I had a question of Initial security clearance with NSA.After the successful polygraph test, if the candidate’s clearance status is in the first level of adjudication and the program/contract of the prime sponsoring the clearance ends with the customer, what happens to the candidate’s process? Can the same company rekey the clearance to another program or can the candidate look for another company to pick up the clearance from where it is currently in adjudication. Any timeline on how long the adjudication will complete. It has been 8 months since poly was taken. Any information is appreciated.