State-Law-Local-Ordinance-QBS-Procurement
Rs · Resource
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/162#State-Law-Local-Ordinance-QBS-Procurement
Properties
Instance of
Qualification-BasedSelectionProcurementLaw
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Qualification-BasedSelectionProcurementLaw
Confidence
0.95
Created by
State legislature and local municipal authority
Document title
State Law and Local Ordinance Governing Qualification-Based Selection for Public Engineering Contracts
Importance
high
Used by
Utility authority, Firm A, competing firms, city council members
Used in context
Establishes the mandatory QBS procedure: all SOQ submitters must be considered, at least three most-qualified firms must be interviewed on detailed criteria, the most qualified firm is selected for negotiation, and if negotiations fail the second-ranked firm is approached. This law is the legal framework within which Firm A's amendment request and the authority's response must be evaluated.
Source Evidence
Source text
The state law and a local ordinance, which applied to the authority, required that all firms submitting statements of interest be considered, that not less than three firms deemed most highly qualified be interviewed to consider in more detail the ability of the professional personnel; past performance; ability to meet time and budget requirements; location of the firms; recent, current, and projected workloads of the firms; and other qualification factors determined by the agency.
Text references
Following these interviews, the agency is required to select the 'most qualified' firm for negotiation of a contract.
The state law and a local ordinance, which applied to the authority, required that all firms submitting statements of interest be considered, that not less than three firms deemed most highly qualified be interviewed to consider in more detail the ability of the professional personnel; past performance; ability to meet time and budget requirements; location of the firms; recent, current, and projected workloads of the firms; and other qualification factors determined by the agency.
some members of the public and of the city council objected to allowing Firm A to alter its qualification proposal, alleging that in doing so it violated the intent of the governing procurement law
TTL
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proeth:documenttitle "State Law and Local Ordinance Governing Qualification-Based Selection for Public Engineering Contracts" ;
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proeth:sourcetext "The state law and a local ordinance, which applied to the authority, required that all firms submitting statements of interest be considered, that not less than three firms deemed most highly qualified be interviewed to consider in more detail the ability of the professional personnel; past performance; ability to meet time and budget requirements; location of the firms; recent, current, and projected workloads of the firms; and other qualification factors determined by the agency." ;
proeth:textreferences "Following these interviews, the agency is required to select the 'most qualified' firm for negotiation of a contract.",
"The state law and a local ordinance, which applied to the authority, required that all firms submitting statements of interest be considered, that not less than three firms deemed most highly qualified be interviewed to consider in more detail the ability of the professional personnel; past performance; ability to meet time and budget requirements; location of the firms; recent, current, and projected workloads of the firms; and other qualification factors determined by the agency.",
"some members of the public and of the city council objected to allowing Firm A to alter its qualification proposal, alleging that in doing so it violated the intent of the governing procurement law" ;
proeth:usedby "Utility authority, Firm A, competing firms, city council members" ;
proeth:usedincontext "Establishes the mandatory QBS procedure: all SOQ submitters must be considered, at least three most-qualified firms must be interviewed on detailed criteria, the most qualified firm is selected for negotiation, and if negotiations fail the second-ranked firm is approached. This law is the legal framework within which Firm A's amendment request and the authority's response must be evaluated." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 162 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-02T02:57:21.171193"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 162 Extraction" .
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Extraction details
Discovered in case
162
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-02T02:36:20.464447+00:00
First case
162
Generated
2026-03-02T02:36:20.464447+00:00
Attributed to
Case 162 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T02:57:21.171193
Generated by
ProEthica Case 162 Extraction