Firm B Nominal Prime Contractor

R · Role Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/161#Firm_B_Nominal_Prime_Contractor
Definition

Responded affirmatively to the government solicitation, stating it had independently 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
Instance of
NominalPrimeContractorEngineeringFirm
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#NominalPrimeContractorEngineeringFirm
Attributes
arrangementPre-arranged Engineer X as specialized sub-consultant
own_contributionNominal — other services of peripheral nature
qualification_basisEngineer X's expertise, not firm's own
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Relationships
typearranged_specialist
targetEngineer X Specialist Expert Repositioned as Prime
typecompeting_with
targetFirm A Nominal Prime Contractor
typesolicited_by
targetGovernment Agency Specialized Technical Services Solicitor
Role category
provider_client
Relationships
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.
TTL
@prefix case161: <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/161#> . @prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> . @prefix proeth: <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#> . @prefix proeth-core: <http://proethica.org/ontology/core#> . @prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> . @prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . @prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> . case161:Firm_B_Nominal_Prime_Contractor a proeth:NominalPrimeContractorEngineeringFirm, owl:NamedIndividual ; rdfs:label "Firm B Nominal Prime Contractor" ; proeth-core:adheresToPrinciple case161:Broker-Only_Role_Transparency_and_Specialist_Referral_Obligation_Applied_to_Firms_A_and_B, case161:Fairness_in_Professional_Competition_Implicated_by_Nominal_Prime_Responses, case161:Honesty_in_Professional_Representations_Violated_by_Firms_A_and_B, case161:Nominal_Capability_Misrepresentation_by_Firm_B_in_Solicitation_Response, case161:Procurement_Integrity_in_Public_Engineering_Implicated_by_Nominal_Prime_Structure, case161:Solicitation_Deception_Avoidance_Obligation_Violated_by_Firms_A_and_B, case161:Substantive_Contribution_Contextual_Calibration_Applied_to_Geographic_and_Local_Factors, case161:Substantive_Contribution_Threshold_Failure_by_Firms_A_and_B ; proeth-core:hasObligation case161:Firm_B_Broker-Only_Role_Transparency_and_Specialist_Referral_Duty, case161:Firm_B_Nominal_Prime_Capability_Misrepresentation_in_Government_Solicitation, case161:Firm_B_Specialist-Retention_Provision_Contextual_Reading_Violation, case161:Firm_B_Substantive_Prime_Contribution_Threshold_Failure, case161:Firms_A_and_B_Artfully_Misleading_Statement_Prohibition_in_Procurement_Response, case161:Firms_A_and_B_Broker-Only_Role_Specialist_Referral_Obligation, case161:Firms_A_and_B_Honest_Competence_Representation_Violation_in_Specialized_Procurement, case161:Firms_A_and_B_Honorable_Professional_Conduct_in_Specialized_Procurement, case161:Firms_A_and_B_Nominal_Prime_Role_Misrepresentation_Ethics_Violation, case161:Firms_A_and_B_Pre-Acceptance_Competence_Self-Assessment_Failure, case161:Firms_A_and_B_Qualifications_Non-Misrepresentation_in_Solicitation, case161:Firms_A_and_B_Substantive_Contribution_Geographic_Factor_Calibration_Failure, case161:Firms_A_and_B_Substantive_Prime_Contribution_Threshold_Failure ; proeth: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\"}" ; proeth:caseinvolvement "Responded affirmatively to the government solicitation, stating it had independently 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." ; proeth:conceptCategory "Role" ; proeth:confidence "0.9" ; proeth:discoveredincase "161" ; proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ; proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-02T11:33:00.934159+00:00" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "161" ; proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-02T11:33:00.934159+00:00" ; proeth:importance "high" ; proeth:relationships "{'type': 'arranged_specialist', 'target': 'Engineer X Specialist Expert Repositioned as Prime'}", "{'type': 'competing_with', 'target': 'Firm A Nominal Prime Contractor'}", "{'type': 'solicited_by', 'target': 'Government Agency Specialized Technical Services Solicitor'}" ; proeth:rolecategory "provider_client" ; proeth:roleclass "Nominal Prime Contractor Engineering Firm" ; proeth:sourcetext "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." ; proeth:textreferences "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." ; proeth:wasattributedto "Case 161 Extraction" ; prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-02T11:58:20.067572"^^xsd:dateTime ; prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 161 Extraction" .
Metadata
Type
Individual
Last Updated
2026-05-28 23:36
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
2026-03-02T11:58:20.067572
Generated by
ProEthica Case 161 Extraction