Engineer C Procurement Subversion — City X Future Contract
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/117#Engineer_C_Procurement_Subversion_—_City_X_Future_Contract
Properties
Instance of
PublicOfficialProcurementSubversionState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#PublicOfficialProcurementSubversionState
Active period
From the moment Engineer C verbally agreed to select Engineer A's firm, persisting until the commitment is rescinded or formal open procurement is initiated
Affected parties
All other qualified engineering firms excluded from fair consideration
City X
Engineer A
Engineer C
Confidence
0.91
Importance
high
Subject
Engineer C's verbal pre-commitment to select Engineer A's firm for a future City X engineering contract
Terminated by
Not resolved within the scope of this case discussion
Triggering event
Engineer C verbally agreeing to select Engineer A's firm on a future engineering project for City X outside any formal procurement process
Urgency level
high
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer C's action in verbally agreeing to select Engineer A's firm on a future engineering project for City X would constitute a subversion or a misuse of the existing procurement policies and procedures in place in City X
Text references
By promising Engineer A in advance that Engineer A would be selected for a future contract without considering the qualifications, experience, and other factors is not consistent with either the spirit or the intent of the NSPE Code of Ethics
Engineer C's action in verbally agreeing to select Engineer A's firm on a future engineering project for City X would constitute a subversion or a misuse of the existing procurement policies and procedures in place in City X
TTL
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owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer C Procurement Subversion — City X Future Contract" ;
proeth:activeperiod "From the moment Engineer C verbally agreed to select Engineer A's firm, persisting until the commitment is rescinded or formal open procurement is initiated" ;
proeth:affectedparties "All other qualified engineering firms excluded from fair consideration",
"City X",
"Engineer A",
"Engineer C" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.91" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "117" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T15:45:19.151015+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "117" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T15:45:19.151015+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer C's action in verbally agreeing to select Engineer A's firm on a future engineering project for City X would constitute a subversion or a misuse of the existing procurement policies and procedures in place in City X" ;
proeth:stateclass "Public Official Procurement Subversion State" ;
proeth:subject "Engineer C's verbal pre-commitment to select Engineer A's firm for a future City X engineering contract" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Not resolved within the scope of this case discussion" ;
proeth:textreferences "By promising Engineer A in advance that Engineer A would be selected for a future contract without considering the qualifications, experience, and other factors is not consistent with either the spirit or the intent of the NSPE Code of Ethics",
"Engineer C's action in verbally agreeing to select Engineer A's firm on a future engineering project for City X would constitute a subversion or a misuse of the existing procurement policies and procedures in place in City X" ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Engineer C verbally agreeing to select Engineer A's firm on a future engineering project for City X outside any formal procurement process" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "high" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 117 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T16:01:19.947460"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 117 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
117
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-28T15:45:19.151015+00:00
First case
117
Generated
2026-02-28T15:45:19.151015+00:00
Attributed to
Case 117 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T16:01:19.947460
Generated by
ProEthica Case 117 Extraction