DP5
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/118#DP5
Properties
Instance of
Decision Point Id
DP5
Decision question
Should Firm A proactively disclose to the agency how it intends to deliver competent highway bridge design services at $50,000 — before being challenged — or rely on the legitimacy of price-inclusive competitive procurement and remain silent unless directly questioned?
Focus
Firm A: Whether to Proactively Disclose the Economic Basis of Its $50,000 Proposal Before Contract Award
Option1
Voluntarily provide the agency with a written explanation of how Firm A intends to deliver fully competent highway bridge design services at $50,000 — identifying cross-subsidization, proprietary efficiencies, reduced overhead, or scope assumptions — before the contract is executed, without waiting to be challenged.
Option2
Submit the $50,000 proposal without accompanying disclosure, treating the price-inclusive procurement as a legally and ethically sufficient framework that does not impose affirmative transparency obligations on low bidders beyond the proposal itself, and respond to any agency or competitor inquiries if and when they arise.
Option3
Submit the $50,000 proposal and prepare a detailed internal technical and financial justification, offering to provide it to the agency upon request during any pre-award review or in response to the protest, rather than volunteering it unsolicited in a competitive procurement context where disclosure could compromise proprietary cost information.
Role
Engineer
TTL
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@prefix proeth-cases: <http://proethica.org/ontology/cases#> .
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case118:DP5 a proeth-cases:DecisionPoint,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "DP5" ;
proeth:decisionPointId "DP5" ;
proeth:decisionQuestion "Should Firm A proactively disclose to the agency how it intends to deliver competent highway bridge design services at $50,000 — before being challenged — or rely on the legitimacy of price-inclusive competitive procurement and remain silent unless directly questioned?" ;
proeth:focus "Firm A: Whether to Proactively Disclose the Economic Basis of Its $50,000 Proposal Before Contract Award" ;
proeth:option1 "Voluntarily provide the agency with a written explanation of how Firm A intends to deliver fully competent highway bridge design services at $50,000 — identifying cross-subsidization, proprietary efficiencies, reduced overhead, or scope assumptions — before the contract is executed, without waiting to be challenged." ;
proeth:option2 "Submit the $50,000 proposal without accompanying disclosure, treating the price-inclusive procurement as a legally and ethically sufficient framework that does not impose affirmative transparency obligations on low bidders beyond the proposal itself, and respond to any agency or competitor inquiries if and when they arise." ;
proeth:option3 "Submit the $50,000 proposal and prepare a detailed internal technical and financial justification, offering to provide it to the agency upon request during any pre-award review or in response to the protest, rather than volunteering it unsolicited in a competitive procurement context where disclosure could compromise proprietary cost information." ;
proeth:roleLabel "Engineer" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T21:44:29.454781"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 118 Extraction" .
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Extraction details
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2026-03-01T21:44:29.454781
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ProEthica Case 118 Extraction