Equal Access to Bid Information Invoked for Pre-Bid As-Built Sharing
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/22#Equal_Access_to_Bid_Information_Invoked_for_Pre-Bid_As-Built_Sharing
Properties
Instance of
EqualAccesstoBidInformationinPublicProcurement
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#EqualAccesstoBidInformationinPublicProcurement
Applied to
Pre-bid requests from sprinkler contractors for as-built drawings
Balancing with
Bid Document Completeness and Material Information Disclosure
Concrete expression
Sharing as-built drawings with selected contractors before bid opening would give those contractors an informational advantage over competitors who did not receive the drawings, violating the equal access principle
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Interpretation
Equal access requires that if as-built drawings are available and material to bidding, they must be made available to all prospective bidders simultaneously through formal channels — selective pre-bid disclosure to some contractors but not others is categorically prohibited
Invoked by
Engineer D Public Sector Fire Protection Engineer
Tension resolution
The tension between equal access and bid document completeness is resolved by including as-built drawings in the formal bid package for all bidders, rather than sharing selectively with some
Source Evidence
Source text
It would be unethical for D to share as-builts with selected contractors pre-bid.
Text references
It would be unethical for D to share as-builts with selected contractors pre-bid.
if information is shared selectively with contractors before bids are opened; will D's actions influence the award of a contract?
TTL
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case22:Equal_Access_to_Bid_Information_Invoked_for_Pre-Bid_As-Built_Sharing a proeth:EqualAccesstoBidInformationinPublicProcurement,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Equal Access to Bid Information Invoked for Pre-Bid As-Built Sharing" ;
proeth:appliedto "Pre-bid requests from sprinkler contractors for as-built drawings" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Bid Document Completeness and Material Information Disclosure" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Sharing as-built drawings with selected contractors before bid opening would give those contractors an informational advantage over competitors who did not receive the drawings, violating the equal access principle" ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "22" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-25T19:58:39.771005+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "22" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-25T19:58:39.771005+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "Equal access requires that if as-built drawings are available and material to bidding, they must be made available to all prospective bidders simultaneously through formal channels — selective pre-bid disclosure to some contractors but not others is categorically prohibited" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer D Public Sector Fire Protection Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Equal Access to Bid Information in Public Procurement" ;
proeth:sourcetext "It would be unethical for D to share as-builts with selected contractors pre-bid." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The tension between equal access and bid document completeness is resolved by including as-built drawings in the formal bid package for all bidders, rather than sharing selectively with some" ;
proeth:textreferences "It would be unethical for D to share as-builts with selected contractors pre-bid.",
"if information is shared selectively with contractors before bids are opened; will D's actions influence the award of a contract?" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 22 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-25T20:07:58.300206"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 22 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
22
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-25T19:58:39.771005+00:00
First case
22
Generated
2026-02-25T19:58:39.771005+00:00
Attributed to
Case 22 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-25T20:07:58.300206
Generated by
ProEthica Case 22 Extraction