Firm A Nominal Prime Contractor
Individual
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http://proethica.org/ontology/case/161#Firm_A_Nominal_Prime_Contractor
Definition
Responded affirmatively to the government solicitation, stating it had arranged Engineer X as a specialized sub-consultant while it would furnish all other (in actuality nominal) services. Sought to serve as prime contractor despite being unable to substantially contribute to the core specialized work.
Properties
Parent
NominalPrimeContractorEngineeringFirm
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#NominalPrimeContractorEngineeringFirm
Attributes
| arrangement | Pre-arranged Engineer X as specialized sub-consultant |
| own_contribution | Nominal — other services of peripheral nature |
| qualification_basis | Engineer X's expertise, not firm's own |
Concept Category
Role
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Relationships
| type | arranged_specialist |
| target | Engineer X Specialist Expert Repositioned as Prime |
| type | competing_with |
| target | Firm B Nominal Prime Contractor |
| type | solicited_by |
| target | Government Agency Specialized Technical Services Solicitor |
Role Category
provider_client
Role Class
Nominal Prime Contractor Engineering Firm
Source Evidence
Source Text
Two of the eight firms, A and B, stated that they had each made arrangements with Engineer X, a recognized expert in the technical subject matter and a principal in his own firm, to provide the highly specialized expertise and that they would themselves furnish all other services involved.
Text References
In actuality, these other services would be nominal in nature.
Two of the eight firms, A and B, stated that they had each made arrangements with Engineer X, a recognized expert in the technical subject matter and a principal in his own firm, to provide the highly specialized expertise and that they would themselves furnish all other services involved.
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Metadata
Ontology
Type
Individual
Content Hash
628ab0afcf5837a9...Last Updated
2026-03-08 16:29
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
161
Discovered in Pass
1
Discovered in Section
facts
First Discovered
2026-03-02T11:33:00.934159+00:00
First Case
161
Generated
2026-03-02T11:33:00.934159+00:00
Attributed To
Case 161 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T11:58:20.069641
Generated By
ProEthica Case 161 Extraction