Firm A Substantive Prime Contribution Threshold Failure
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/161#Firm_A_Substantive_Prime_Contribution_Threshold_Failure
Properties
Instance of
SubstantivePrimeContributionThresholdComplianceObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#SubstantivePrimeContributionThresholdComplianceObligation
Case context
Firm A proposed to serve as prime contractor for highly specialized engineering services while its own contribution would be nominal, with all substantive work performed by Engineer X.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.91
Importance
high
Obligated party
Firm A
Obligation statement
Firm A was obligated to ensure it would make a substantive technical contribution commensurate with a prime contractor role before accepting that role; having only nominal services to offer, Firm A should have declined the prime role or restructured the engagement.
Temporal scope
Prior to submitting the solicitation response and throughout the procurement process
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
Firm A Prime Substantiality Threshold Determination
derivedFromPrinciple
Substantive Contribution Threshold Failure by Firms A and B
Source Evidence
Source text
In actuality, these other services would be nominal in nature.
Text references
In actuality, these other services would be nominal in nature.
The government agency, concluding that Firms A and B would not make a substantial contribution to the work
The work to be performed is entirely within Engineer X's field of expertise and does not require services from firms other than those of Engineer X.
TTL
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case161:Firm_A_Substantive_Prime_Contribution_Threshold_Failure a proeth:SubstantivePrimeContributionThresholdComplianceObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Firm A Substantive Prime Contribution Threshold Failure" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case161:Firm_A_Specialist-Retention_Provision_Contextual_Reading_Violation ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case161:Firm_A_Prime_Substantiality_Threshold_Determination ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver case161:Firm_A_Specialist-Retention_Provision_Contextual_Reading_Violation ;
proeth:casecontext "Firm A proposed to serve as prime contractor for highly specialized engineering services while its own contribution would be nominal, with all substantive work performed by Engineer X." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.91" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case161:Substantive_Contribution_Threshold_Failure_by_Firms_A_and_B ;
proeth:discoveredincase "161" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-02T11:39:47.884884+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "161" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-02T11:39:47.884884+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Firm A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Substantive Prime Contribution Threshold Compliance Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Firm A was obligated to ensure it would make a substantive technical contribution commensurate with a prime contractor role before accepting that role; having only nominal services to offer, Firm A should have declined the prime role or restructured the engagement." ;
proeth:sourcetext "In actuality, these other services would be nominal in nature." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Prior to submitting the solicitation response and throughout the procurement process" ;
proeth:textreferences "In actuality, these other services would be nominal in nature.",
"The government agency, concluding that Firms A and B would not make a substantial contribution to the work",
"The work to be performed is entirely within Engineer X's field of expertise and does not require services from firms other than those of Engineer X." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 161 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-02T11:58:20.074370"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 161 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
161
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-02T11:39:47.884884+00:00
First case
161
Generated
2026-03-02T11:39:47.884884+00:00
Attributed to
Case 161 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T11:58:20.074370
Generated by
ProEthica Case 161 Extraction