Non-conforming will not be more difficult to analyze.
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And the possibility of getting last minute nonconforming bids should not be at all unforseeable to someone in his positiion. So why, yet again, intentionally provide a specific date for the public to chew on? Did anybody make him volunteer that it would take place "the first week in March"?
There's a Yazoo thread listing all his reassuring quotes over the years. The list of predicted accomplishment dates that they have been volunteered, but unmet, is long. I'd like to see a more thoughtful PR strategy. If nothing else, stating "the first week in March" (instead of using a more artfully worded phrase) shows he doesn't learn very well from his mistakes.
That being said, nobody will care about (or even remember) the PR stumbles if the end result is what we all hope it will be.