Engineer D Competitive Procurement Fairness Obligation Instance
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/10#Engineer_D_Competitive_Procurement_Fairness_Obligation_Instance
Properties
Instance of
CompetitiveProcurementFairnessObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#CompetitiveProcurementFairnessObligation
Case context
Engineer D served as the City's primary contracting authority over AE firms including AE&R, which received many City contracts during D's tenure; D subsequently accepted employment at AE&R.
Compliance status
unclear
Confidence
0.86
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer D
Obligation statement
Engineer D was obligated, as City Engineer with primary contracting authority, to ensure that all AE firm contracts — including those awarded to AE&R — were conducted through open, competitive, and qualification-based processes, and to refrain from any conduct that would give AE&R preferential access to City contracts in anticipation of or following D's transition to that firm.
Temporal scope
Throughout Engineer D's tenure as City Engineer and particularly during any period of concurrent employment negotiations with AE&R
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
Engineer D Post-Employment Conflict of Interest
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer D has been one of the City's main points of contact for AE firms and contractors in the area, both with respect to contract negotiation and award (consultant and construction)
Text references
AE&R completed many projects for the City during Engineer D's tenure as City Engineer
Engineer D has been one of the City's main points of contact for AE firms and contractors in the area, both with respect to contract negotiation and award (consultant and construction)
TTL
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case10:Engineer_D_Competitive_Procurement_Fairness_Obligation_Instance a proeth:CompetitiveProcurementFairnessObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer D Competitive Procurement Fairness Obligation Instance" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case10:Engineer_D_Revolving_Door_Employment_Acceptance_Integrity_Obligation_Instance ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case10:Engineer_D_Post-Employment_Conflict_of_Interest ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver case10:Engineer_D_Revolving_Door_Employment_Acceptance_Integrity_Obligation_Instance ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer D served as the City's primary contracting authority over AE firms including AE&R, which received many City contracts during D's tenure; D subsequently accepted employment at AE&R." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unclear" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.86" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case10:Fairness_in_Professional_Competition_Invoked_Against_AER_Incumbent_Advantage,
case10:Procurement_Integrity_in_Public_Engineering_Invoked_for_Engineer_D_Case ;
proeth:discoveredincase "10" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-24T20:31:58.305239+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "10" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-24T20:31:58.305239+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer D" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Competitive Procurement Fairness Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer D was obligated, as City Engineer with primary contracting authority, to ensure that all AE firm contracts — including those awarded to AE&R — were conducted through open, competitive, and qualification-based processes, and to refrain from any conduct that would give AE&R preferential access to City contracts in anticipation of or following D's transition to that firm." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer D has been one of the City's main points of contact for AE firms and contractors in the area, both with respect to contract negotiation and award (consultant and construction)" ;
proeth:temporalscope "Throughout Engineer D's tenure as City Engineer and particularly during any period of concurrent employment negotiations with AE&R" ;
proeth:textreferences "AE&R completed many projects for the City during Engineer D's tenure as City Engineer",
"Engineer D has been one of the City's main points of contact for AE firms and contractors in the area, both with respect to contract negotiation and award (consultant and construction)" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 10 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-24T20:47:25.523679"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 10 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
10
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-24T20:31:58.305239+00:00
First case
10
Generated
2026-02-24T20:31:58.305239+00:00
Attributed to
Case 10 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-24T20:47:25.523679
Generated by
ProEthica Case 10 Extraction