Engineer A Late Submittal Procurement Officer

R · Role Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/22#Engineer_A_Late_Submittal_Procurement_Officer
Definition

Referenced from BER Case 16-3. An engineer who receives a late submittal from a highly qualified firm and must decide whether to accept it. The precedent establishes that adherence to public procurement rules and deadlines is paramount to protect procurement integrity, and the late submittal must be returned unopened.

Properties
Instance of
MunicipalEngineeringContractingAuthority
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#MunicipalEngineeringContractingAuthority
Attributes
case_referenceBER Case 16-3
issueReceipt of late engineering firm submittal after publicized deadline
resolutionReturn submittal to Firm B unopened, explaining it was received late
Confidence
0.75
Importance
medium
Relationships
typeprocurement_authority_over
targetFirm B (late submitter)
Role category
public_responsibility
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A who receives a submittal by a highly qualified engineering firm (Firm B) a few hours after a well-publicized deadline.

Text references
A should return the submittal to firm B, unopened and explain that the bid/submittal was received late.
Engineer A who receives a submittal by a highly qualified engineering firm (Firm B) a few hours after a well-publicized deadline.
the Board is concerned that allowing Firm B's submittal to be considered would open the procurement to challenge
TTL
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Metadata
Type
Individual
Last Updated
2026-05-28 16:26
Discovered in case
22
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-25T19:52:53.674399+00:00
First case
22
Generated
2026-02-25T19:52:53.674399+00:00
Attributed to
Case 22 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-25T20:07:58.293390
Generated by
ProEthica Case 22 Extraction