Fed's $55.5 million respiratory mask contract with no-name company in bankruptcy that has never create a single mask - cancelled.

The $55.5 million no-bid contract, signed last month, was with a small Virginia firm, Panthera Worldwide LLC, with no history in the mask business and a parent company in bankruptcy.
Panthera originally had agreed to provide 10 million N95 masks to FEMA by May 1.
The contract had been extended once to May 11.
A FEMA spokeswoman said the contract was canceled Tuesday “on the grounds of nondelivery.”
Panthera’s two owners have been accused of fraud in lawsuits by business associates—which the owners deny—and both had IRS tax liens filed against them in 2018 for alleged unpaid taxes

Fed’s $55.5 million respiratory mask contract with no-name company in bankruptcy that has never create a single mask – cancelled.