Engineer C Unbuildable Contract Bid
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/85#Engineer_C_Unbuildable_Contract_Bid
Definition
Engineer C's bid on a project with known or apparent document deficiencies
Properties
Instance of
Active period
From Engineer C's review of bidding documents through submission of the low bid
Affected parties
Engineer A
Engineer C
Owner
Confidence
0.85
Principle Transformation
Transforms the general duty of honesty and competence into a specific obligation to disclose known document deficiencies at the bid stage rather than proceeding silently and later attributing construction failures to the design engineer.
Subject
Engineer C's bid on a project with known or apparent document deficiencies
Terminated by
Not resolved; Engineer C encountered construction problems attributable to the incomplete documents
Triggering event
Engineer C reviewed bidding documents that were incomplete or inadequate and submitted a low bid without reflecting the deficiencies or seeking clarification
Urgency level
medium
Match Confidence
0.0
Matches Existing
false
Synthesis Literal
activePeriod
confidence
stateClass
subject
terminatedBy
textReferences
triggeringEvent
urgencyLevel
Relationships
activatedByEvent
Bid Advertisement, Contract Award to Contract or, Document Incompleteness Occurrence
activatesConstraint
Engineer A Non-Deception Submission, Engineer B Approving Review Verification
activatesObligation
Engineer A Deliverable Completeness Disclosure, Engineer C Unbuildable Bid Notification
affects
Agent Engineer A, Agent Engineer C
Source Evidence
Text references
Engineer C had no one to fault but himself for the problems Engineer C encountered in attempting to build the project
Engineer C submitted the low bid on the project, presumably knowing inadequacies of the documents as well as the obvious risks involved
Engineer C's actions in bidding on an 'unbuildable' contract is also very troubling
Engineer C's bid should have reflected that fact and contained appropriate bid items for additional services required to complete the work for the benefit of the owner
Source text
Engineer C's actions in bidding on an 'unbuildable' contract is also very troubling
TTL
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case85:Engineer_C_Unbuildable_Contract_Bid a proeth:UnbuildableContractBidState,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer C Unbuildable Contract Bid" ;
proeth-core:activatedByEvent case85:Bid_Advertisement,
case85:Contract_Award_to_Contractor,
case85:Document_Incompleteness_Occurrence ;
proeth-core:activatesConstraint case85:Engineer_A_Non-Deception_Submission,
case85:Engineer_B_Approving_Review_Verification ;
proeth-core:activatesObligation case85:Engineer_A_Deliverable_Completeness_Disclosure,
case85:Engineer_C_Unbuildable_Bid_Notification ;
proeth-core:affects case85:Agent_Engineer_A,
case85:Agent_Engineer_C ;
proeth-core:terminatedByEvent case85:Contract_Award_to_Contractor,
case85:Design_Contract_Award,
case85:Document_Incompleteness_Occurrence,
case85:Pre-Construction_Conference ;
proeth:activePeriod "From Engineer C's review of bidding documents through submission of the low bid" ;
proeth:affectedParties "Engineer A",
"Engineer C",
"Owner" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.85" ;
proeth:principleTransformation "Transforms the general duty of honesty and competence into a specific obligation to disclose known document deficiencies at the bid stage rather than proceeding silently and later attributing construction failures to the design engineer." ;
proeth:stateClass "Unbuildable Contract Bid State" ;
proeth:subject "Engineer C's bid on a project with known or apparent document deficiencies" ;
proeth:terminatedBy "Not resolved; Engineer C encountered construction problems attributable to the incomplete documents" ;
proeth:textReferences "Engineer C had no one to fault but himself for the problems Engineer C encountered in attempting to build the project",
"Engineer C submitted the low bid on the project, presumably knowing inadequacies of the documents as well as the obvious risks involved",
"Engineer C's actions in bidding on an 'unbuildable' contract is also very troubling",
"Engineer C's bid should have reflected that fact and contained appropriate bid items for additional services required to complete the work for the benefit of the owner" ;
proeth:triggeringEvent "Engineer C reviewed bidding documents that were incomplete or inadequate and submitted a low bid without reflecting the deficiencies or seeking clarification" ;
proeth:urgencyLevel "medium" ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInCase 85 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInPass 1 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInSection "discussion" ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredAt "2026-06-04T16:47:21.871867+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredInCase 85 ;
proeth-prov:matchConfidence 0.0 ;
proeth-prov:matchesExisting false ;
proeth-prov:sourceText "Engineer C's actions in bidding on an 'unbuildable' contract is also very troubling" ;
proeth-prov:synthesisLiteral "activePeriod",
"confidence",
"stateClass",
"subject",
"terminatedBy",
"textReferences",
"triggeringEvent",
"urgencyLevel" ;
rdfs:comment "Engineer C's bid on a project with known or apparent document deficiencies" ;
skos:definition "Engineer C's bid on a project with known or apparent document deficiencies" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-06-04T16:47:21.871867+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasAttributedTo "Case 85 Extraction",
"claude-sonnet-4-6" ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 85 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
85
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-06-04T16:47:21.871867+00:00
First case
85
Generated
2026-06-04T16:47:21.871867+00:00
Attributed to
['Case 85 Extraction', 'claude-sonnet-4-6']
Generated by
ProEthica Case 85 Extraction