Inc., 13 the ASBCA rejected the contractor's attempt to escape default arising from the contractor's admitted nonperformance after the government exercised its offset right. No dispute existed that the government had terminated the contract because the contractor failed to deliver the specified equipment by the contractually required delivery date. The contractor nevertheless argued unsuccessfully that the government should have excused the nonperformance of its subcontractor due to lack of payment because the government had withheld payments to the prime contractor based on problems the prime had experienced on a separate contract—effectively exercising its offset right. The board held that the default