Plunder Scenario 9
Your agency, Dept of Mental Health, has a contract with a major dairy for milk products. The Contractor hires a 3rd party distribution company, who consistently delivers milk that is expired or within a day of expiration. After an unsuccessful cure process, the dairy offers to change the distributor. Do you allow this?
AP Response:
The Department of Mental Health chose not to accept the proposed change in distributor and instead canceled the contract. Although the distribution issues stemmed from a third-party provider, the contract was with the dairy itself, making the dairy fully responsible for ensuring satisfactory performance. The appropriate time for the dairy to propose a change in distributor was during the cure period, not after its conclusion.