Firm Z Preferred Engineering Contractor
R · Role
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/6#Firm_Z_Preferred_Engineering_Contractor
Definition
Awarded five civil engineering contracts over six years; first three through compliant competitive RFQ; two most recent awarded without RFQ despite exceeding Council authorization thresholds, constituting the core compliance violation
Properties
Instance of
PreferredEngineeringContractor
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#PreferredEngineeringContractor
Attributes
| specialty | Civil engineering |
| contract_status | Partially non-compliant — two most recent contracts awarded without required RFQ |
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Relationships
| type | contracted_by |
| target | City D |
| type | contracts_approved_by |
| target | City D Engineer |
| type | subject_of_complaint_by |
| target | Engineer B |
Role category
provider_client
Source Evidence
Source text
City D has entered into five separate contracts with Firm Z over the past six years
Text references
City D has entered into five separate contracts with Firm Z over the past six years
City D's Engineer acknowledges that the two most recent contracts with Firm Z did not comply with contracting requirements
the two most recent contracts were awarded solely on the approval of the City Engineer without an RFQ process, even though their dollar amounts exceeded the threshold requiring City D's Council authorization and an RFQ process
TTL
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case6:Firm_Z_Preferred_Engineering_Contractor a proeth:PreferredEngineeringContractor,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Firm Z Preferred Engineering Contractor" ;
proeth:attributes "{'specialty': 'Civil engineering', 'contract_status': 'Partially non-compliant — two most recent contracts awarded without required RFQ'}" ;
proeth:caseinvolvement "Awarded five civil engineering contracts over six years; first three through compliant competitive RFQ; two most recent awarded without RFQ despite exceeding Council authorization thresholds, constituting the core compliance violation" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Role" ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "6" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-24T07:05:23.983441+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "6" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-24T07:05:23.983441+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:relationships "{'type': 'contracted_by', 'target': 'City D'}",
"{'type': 'contracts_approved_by', 'target': 'City D Engineer'}",
"{'type': 'subject_of_complaint_by', 'target': 'Engineer B'}" ;
proeth:rolecategory "provider_client" ;
proeth:roleclass "Preferred Engineering Contractor" ;
proeth:sourcetext "City D has entered into five separate contracts with Firm Z over the past six years" ;
proeth:textreferences "City D has entered into five separate contracts with Firm Z over the past six years",
"City D's Engineer acknowledges that the two most recent contracts with Firm Z did not comply with contracting requirements",
"the two most recent contracts were awarded solely on the approval of the City Engineer without an RFQ process, even though their dollar amounts exceeded the threshold requiring City D's Council authorization and an RFQ process" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 6 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-24T07:27:08.590673"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 6 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
6
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-24T07:05:23.983441+00:00
First case
6
Generated
2026-02-24T07:05:23.983441+00:00
Attributed to
Case 6 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-24T07:27:08.590673
Generated by
ProEthica Case 6 Extraction