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In the history of NASA, there has never been a time when two different manned, orbital space projects overlapped with each other. There were always operational gaps between Mercury and Gemini, Gemini and Apollo, and Apollo and Shuttle.
NASA's plan is to operate two manned systems, shuttle and OSP, at the same time for approximately five years. The past history of NASA suggests that it's not possible to cough up the $11 billion for OSP and then operate it alongside the shuttle for five years. Some have suggested pausing NASA missions between shuttle and either OSP or a lunar return.
This pause would have to wait until the ATV is operating and the shuttle has launched the international components of ISS. At that stage, it's conceivable that Soyuz could be used exclusively for crew transfer until OSP came down the pipeline. This stand down would probably last for two to four years, so it would not be as drastic as the 1975-1981 stand-down.
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