QBS Procurement Best-Qualified Firm Selection Framework Active
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/162#QBS_Procurement_Best-Qualified_Firm_Selection_Framework_Active
Properties
Instance of
Active period
Throughout the procurement process for the project
Affected parties
All competing firms
Firm A
Public stakeholders
Utility authority
Confidence
0.88
Importance
high
Subject
Utility authority's engineering services procurement governed by state law analogous to the Brooks Act
Terminated by
Conclusion of the selection process and contract award
Triggering event
Utility authority initiating procurement under applicable state QBS law and local ordinance
Urgency level
medium
Source Evidence
Source text
the applicable laws are similar to the Federal A/E selection law (Brooks Act) and the laws of other states, which contemplate a procedure whereby the public body may select the 'best qualified' firm
Text references
It is beyond our charter to pass judgment on the issue whether the utility authority violated the governing state law or the local ordinance on engineering services procurement
the applicable laws are similar to the Federal A/E selection law (Brooks Act) and the laws of other states, which contemplate a procedure whereby the public body may select the 'best qualified' firm
TTL
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owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "QBS Procurement Best-Qualified Firm Selection Framework Active" ;
proeth:activeperiod "Throughout the procurement process for the project" ;
proeth:affectedparties "All competing firms",
"Firm A",
"Public stakeholders",
"Utility authority" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "162" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-02T02:38:29.060171+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "162" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-02T02:38:29.060171+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:sourcetext "the applicable laws are similar to the Federal A/E selection law (Brooks Act) and the laws of other states, which contemplate a procedure whereby the public body may select the 'best qualified' firm" ;
proeth:stateclass "QBS Law Applicable State" ;
proeth:subject "Utility authority's engineering services procurement governed by state law analogous to the Brooks Act" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Conclusion of the selection process and contract award" ;
proeth:textreferences "It is beyond our charter to pass judgment on the issue whether the utility authority violated the governing state law or the local ordinance on engineering services procurement",
"the applicable laws are similar to the Federal A/E selection law (Brooks Act) and the laws of other states, which contemplate a procedure whereby the public body may select the 'best qualified' firm" ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Utility authority initiating procurement under applicable state QBS law and local ordinance" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "medium" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 162 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-02T02:57:21.175930"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 162 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
162
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-02T02:38:29.060171+00:00
First case
162
Generated
2026-03-02T02:38:29.060171+00:00
Attributed to
Case 162 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T02:57:21.175930
Generated by
ProEthica Case 162 Extraction