You are of the position that anything said by NNVC management isn't worth a grain of salt. Yet you hang onto the 2.5 Kg number as if it were gospel and all material had to be delivered at the same time.
You may recall the unforeseen circumstances that delayed the pilot plant coming on-line. Weather, floor issue, and back ordered equipment put NNVC in a serious bind for producing the Flucide needed to start the tox study as planned.
So they did what certified PMPs are trained to do by implementing the contingency plan. They used the old lab to produce enough material to get the project started as planned and are steadily ramping up the pilot plant to active production.
What some would commend as good project management you see as gross incompetence.