Formal Channel Requirement Violated By Engineer D Informal Sharing
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/22#Formal_Channel_Requirement_Violated_By_Engineer_D_Informal_Sharing
Properties
Instance of
FormalChannelRequirementforInformationSharinginPublicProcurement
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#FormalChannelRequirementforInformationSharinginPublicProcurement
Applied to
Post-award provision of as-built drawings to successful sprinkler contractors
Balancing with
Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits
Concrete expression
Engineer D shared as-built drawings with successful contractors through informal personal responses to post-award requests rather than through formal bid document inclusion or official addendum processes, creating an informal information channel that later generated pre-bid access disparities
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Interpretation
Even when Engineer D's post-award sharing was responsive and helpful, the use of informal channels rather than formal procurement processes planted the seed of the subsequent pre-bid information asymmetry problem
Invoked by
Engineer D As-Built Information Custodian
Tension resolution
The formal channel requirement supersedes informal helpfulness because only formal channels ensure equal access and institutional accountability
Source Evidence
Source text
After bids are opened and contracts are awarded, the successful sprinkler contractor asks Engineer D for as-built drawings of the existing sprinkler system. D provides the drawings.
Text references
After bids are opened and contracts are awarded, the successful sprinkler contractor asks Engineer D for as-built drawings of the existing sprinkler system
D provides the drawings
TTL
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proeth:appliedto "Post-award provision of as-built drawings to successful sprinkler contractors" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer D shared as-built drawings with successful contractors through informal personal responses to post-award requests rather than through formal bid document inclusion or official addendum processes, creating an informal information channel that later generated pre-bid access disparities" ;
proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "22" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-25T19:54:40.098491+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "22" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-25T19:54:40.098491+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "Even when Engineer D's post-award sharing was responsive and helpful, the use of informal channels rather than formal procurement processes planted the seed of the subsequent pre-bid information asymmetry problem" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer D As-Built Information Custodian" ;
proeth:principleclass "Formal Channel Requirement for Information Sharing in Public Procurement" ;
proeth:sourcetext "After bids are opened and contracts are awarded, the successful sprinkler contractor asks Engineer D for as-built drawings of the existing sprinkler system. D provides the drawings." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The formal channel requirement supersedes informal helpfulness because only formal channels ensure equal access and institutional accountability" ;
proeth:textreferences "After bids are opened and contracts are awarded, the successful sprinkler contractor asks Engineer D for as-built drawings of the existing sprinkler system",
"D provides the drawings" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 22 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-25T20:07:58.294771"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 22 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
22
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-25T19:54:40.098491+00:00
First case
22
Generated
2026-02-25T19:54:40.098491+00:00
Attributed to
Case 22 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-25T20:07:58.294771
Generated by
ProEthica Case 22 Extraction