Engineer X Prior Informal Commitments to Competing Firms
Individual
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http://proethica.org/ontology/case/161#Engineer_X_Prior_Informal_Commitments_to_Competing_Firms
Properties
Parent
ExpertPriorInformalCommitmentConflictingwithDirectAgencySolicitationState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ExpertPriorInformalCommitmentConflictingwithDirectAgencySolicitationState
Activeperiod
From the time Engineer X made arrangements with Firms A and B through the resolution of the procurement
Affectedparties
Engineer X
Firm A
Firm B
Government Agency
Concept Category
State
Confidence
0.88
Importance
high
Stateclass
Expert Prior Informal Commitment Conflicting with Direct Agency Solicitation State
Subject
Engineer X's prior arrangements with Firms A and B versus direct agency solicitation
Terminatedby
Unresolved in the case text — Engineer X submitted qualifications without definitive commitment
Triggeringevent
Engineer X making arrangements with both Firm A and Firm B to serve as subconsultant, followed by direct agency solicitation to serve as prime
Urgencylevel
high
Source Evidence
Source Text
Two of the eight firms, A and B, stated that they had each made arrangements with Engineer X
Text References
The government agency...contacted Engineer X...asked him if he would be interested in taking the contract on his own firm's account.
Two of the eight firms, A and B, stated that they had each made arrangements with Engineer X
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Metadata
Ontology
Type
Individual
Content Hash
1d8bb071fb53f315...Last Updated
2026-03-08 16:29
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
161
Discovered in Pass
1
Discovered in Section
facts
First Discovered
2026-03-02T11:33:15.517940+00:00
First Case
161
Generated
2026-03-02T11:33:15.517940+00:00
Attributed To
Case 161 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T11:58:20.071352
Generated By
ProEthica Case 161 Extraction