Nominal Subconsultant Arrangement Misrepresenting Prime Capability State
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bca3f337
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#NominalSubconsultantArrangementMisrepresentingPrimeCapabilityState
Definition
State in which a firm responding to a government solicitation represents that it can provide required services by arranging for a recognized expert to serve as a subconsultant, while the firm's own contribution would be nominal or token in nature — creating a misrepresentation of the firm's substantive capability to the procuring authority and raising questions about whether the arrangement constitutes a fraudulent qualification submission.
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Definition
State in which a firm responding to a government solicitation represents that it can provide required services by arranging for a recognized expert to serve as a subconsultant, while the firm's own contribution would be nominal or token in nature — creating a misrepresentation of the firm's substantive capability to the procuring authority and raising questions about whether the arrangement constitutes a fraudulent qualification submission.
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.
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Content Hash
bca3f337737a06e2...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
161
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
facts
First Discovered At
2026-03-02T11:33:15.517940+00:00
First Discovered In Case
161
Generated
2026-03-02T11:33:15.517940+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 161 Extraction