The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs reasonably terminated for cause Orsa Technologies LLC’s $6.5 million contract for 50 million nitrile gloves for failing to timely deliver, the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals said.
Orsa, which agreed to the contract Jan. 22, 2021, asserted that it was excused from meeting the March 8, 2021, delivery deadline because of how the Covid-19 pandemic deteriorated the nitrile glove market and supply chain.
But the contract provided that Orsa was supposed to have the gloves on hand, not be in the position where it needed to secure them post-award, Board Judge Harold D. Lester ...