That's news to me. Do you have a link that explains all this? I know about business quarters and yearly budgets but do they have to order once a year, and are you sure about that? I would rather wait a little longer for the test to arrive, and have the test at home and usable for much longer because 60 days isn't much out of 365. I honestly don't know how far apart it is between the times free test were available to order but from what I recall, I won't be able to order them in January when these expire
pwg|1 year ago
No, and I very much doubt any link exists. I am instead guessing based on experience with other govt. agency budgeting and procurement processes. The procurement process is very likely to have been a single bulk buy based on an estimation of upcoming demand. Then demand for the free tests likely did not meet the estimate, leaving a backlog in the warehouse of aging tests. I.e., they likely encountered a real life example of the "beer distribution game" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_distribution_game).