Informal Pre-Award Selection Commitment State
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7d886207
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#InformalPre-AwardSelectionCommitmentState
Definition
State in which a public official with procurement authority has made an informal, verbal, or otherwise non-binding promise to select a specific firm for a future public engineering contract, prior to any formal competitive or qualification-based selection process being initiated — creating a structural corruption of the anticipated procurement process and triggering obligations for both the promising official and the recipient firm to avoid acting on or perpetuating the commitment.
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Definition
State in which a public official with procurement authority has made an informal, verbal, or otherwise non-binding promise to select a specific firm for a future public engineering contract, prior to any formal competitive or qualification-based selection process being initiated — creating a structural corruption of the anticipated procurement process and triggering obligations for both the promising official and the recipient firm to avoid acting on or perpetuating the commitment.
Source Evidence
Source Text
Engineer C, the chief city engineer, verbally promises to select Engineer A's firm on a future engineering project for City X
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rdfs:comment "State in which a public official with procurement authority has made an informal, verbal, or otherwise non-binding promise to select a specific firm for a future public engineering contract, prior to any formal competitive or qualification-based selection process being initiated — creating a structural corruption of the anticipated procurement process and triggering obligations for both the promising official and the recipient firm to avoid acting on or perpetuating the commitment." ;
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Ontology
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Class
Content Hash
7d886207a7e0fc73...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
117
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
facts
First Discovered At
2026-02-28T15:44:23.750941+00:00
First Discovered In Case
117
Generated
2026-02-28T15:44:23.750941+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 117 Extraction