Firms A and B Hypothetical Compliant Path Substantive Contribution Geographic Calibration
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/161#Firms_A_and_B_Hypothetical_Compliant_Path_Substantive_Contribution_Geographic_Calibration
Properties
Instance of
SubstantiveContributionGeographicandLocalFactorCalibrationObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#SubstantiveContributionGeographicandLocalFactorCalibrationObligation
Case context
The BER identified the hypothetical compliant path: if Firms A and B had proposed substantial contributions of their own, their arrangement with Engineer X would have been appropriate.
Compliance status
unclear
Confidence
0.8
Importance
medium
Obligated party
Engineers within Firms A and B (hypothetical compliant scenario)
Obligation statement
Had Firms A and B proposed to provide a substantial portion of the work through their own capabilities — including geographic, local-conditions, or other contextual contributions — they would have satisfied the substantiality threshold and could ethically have arranged Engineer X as a specialist sub-consultant.
Temporal scope
Hypothetical — at the time of solicitation response preparation
Relationships
Source Evidence
Source text
If Firms A and B had proposed to provide a substantial portion of the work through their own capabilities, they acted quite appropriately in making arrangements with Engineer X to provide his expertise and proposing this mode of service to the client.
Text references
If Firms A and B had proposed to provide a substantial portion of the work through their own capabilities, they acted quite appropriately in making arrangements with Engineer X to provide his expertise and proposing this mode of service to the client.
In defining the word 'substantial,' consideration should be given to benefits to the client due to geographic locations, familiarity with local conditions, and other pertinent factors.
TTL
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case161:Firms_A_and_B_Hypothetical_Compliant_Path_Substantive_Contribution_Geographic_Calibration a proeth:SubstantiveContributionGeographicandLocalFactorCalibrationObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Firms A and B Hypothetical Compliant Path Substantive Contribution Geographic Calibration" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case161:Firms_A_and_B_Artfully_Misleading_Statement_Prohibition_in_Procurement_Response ;
proeth:casecontext "The BER identified the hypothetical compliant path: if Firms A and B had proposed substantial contributions of their own, their arrangement with Engineer X would have been appropriate." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unclear" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.8" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case161:Substantive_Contribution_Contextual_Calibration_Applied_to_Geographic_and_Local_Factors,
case161:Substantive_Contribution_Threshold_Applied_to_Hypothetical_Compliant_Path_for_Firms_A_and_B ;
proeth:discoveredincase "161" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-02T11:48:04.527242+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "161" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-02T11:48:04.527242+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "medium" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineers within Firms A and B (hypothetical compliant scenario)" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Substantive Contribution Geographic and Local Factor Calibration Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Had Firms A and B proposed to provide a substantial portion of the work through their own capabilities — including geographic, local-conditions, or other contextual contributions — they would have satisfied the substantiality threshold and could ethically have arranged Engineer X as a specialist sub-consultant." ;
proeth:sourcetext "If Firms A and B had proposed to provide a substantial portion of the work through their own capabilities, they acted quite appropriately in making arrangements with Engineer X to provide his expertise and proposing this mode of service to the client." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Hypothetical — at the time of solicitation response preparation" ;
proeth:textreferences "If Firms A and B had proposed to provide a substantial portion of the work through their own capabilities, they acted quite appropriately in making arrangements with Engineer X to provide his expertise and proposing this mode of service to the client.",
"In defining the word 'substantial,' consideration should be given to benefits to the client due to geographic locations, familiarity with local conditions, and other pertinent factors." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 161 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-02T11:58:20.082165"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 161 Extraction" .
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Extraction details
Discovered in case
161
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-02T11:48:04.527242+00:00
First case
161
Generated
2026-03-02T11:48:04.527242+00:00
Attributed to
Case 161 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T11:58:20.082165
Generated by
ProEthica Case 161 Extraction