Low Bid Submission
A · Action
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/85#Low_Bid_Submission
Definition
Engineer C, as owner of Hi-Lo Construction, decided to submit the low bid on the dam project based on documents that, upon review, should have revealed incompleteness and unbuildable elements, without seeking clarification from the owner or Engineer A and without adjusting the bid to reflect the additional work required.
Properties
Instance of
Event Role Context
Owner, Hi-Lo Construction
Foreseen Unintended Effects
Exposure to cost overruns and constructability problems arising from deficient documents
Risk of contract performance on an unbuildable design
Guided By Principle Text
Honest representation to client
Informed risk assessment before bidding
Professional competence
Has Agent
Engineer C
Has Mental State
deliberate
Initiates Text
Construction Contract Awarded on Deficient Documents
Contractor Exposed to Unbuildable Conditions
Intended Outcome
Win the construction contract by submitting the lowest bid
Requires Capability Text
Bid preparation reflecting actual project risks
Construction document review and evaluation
Engineering judgment to identify unbuildable or incomplete design elements
Temporal Extent
instant
Temporal Marker
Bidding phase, prior to contract award
Temporal Sequence
10
Violates Obligation Text
Obligation to make an informed professional judgment before committing to contract performance
Obligation to perform services within area of competence
Within Competence
false
Synthesis Literal
description
eventRoleContext
foreseenUnintendedEffects
hasAgent
hasMentalState
intendedOutcome
temporalExtent
temporalMarker
temporalSequence
withinCompetence
Relationships
initiates
Engineer C Unbuildable Contract Bid
guidedByPrinciple
Engineer C Bid Transparency Obligation, Engineer C Professional Competence Bid Evaluation
violatesObligation
Engineer C Bid Adequacy Reflection
hasTime
time Low Bid Submission
TTL
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case85:Low_Bid_Submission a proeth-core:Action,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Low Bid Submission" ;
proeth-core:initiates case85:Engineer_C_Unbuildable_Contract_Bid ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Action" ;
proeth:eventRoleContext "Owner, Hi-Lo Construction" ;
proeth:foreseenUnintendedEffects "Exposure to cost overruns and constructability problems arising from deficient documents",
"Risk of contract performance on an unbuildable design" ;
proeth:guidedByPrinciple case85:Engineer_C_Bid_Transparency_Obligation,
case85:Engineer_C_Professional_Competence_Bid_Evaluation ;
proeth:guidedByPrincipleText "Honest representation to client",
"Informed risk assessment before bidding",
"Professional competence" ;
proeth:hasAgent "Engineer C" ;
proeth:hasMentalState "deliberate" ;
proeth:initiatesText "Construction Contract Awarded on Deficient Documents",
"Contractor Exposed to Unbuildable Conditions" ;
proeth:intendedOutcome "Win the construction contract by submitting the lowest bid" ;
proeth:requiresCapabilityText "Bid preparation reflecting actual project risks",
"Construction document review and evaluation",
"Engineering judgment to identify unbuildable or incomplete design elements" ;
proeth:temporalExtent "instant" ;
proeth:temporalMarker "Bidding phase, prior to contract award" ;
proeth:temporalSequence 10 ;
proeth:violatesObligation case85:Engineer_C_Bid_Adequacy_Reflection ;
proeth:violatesObligationText "Obligation to make an informed professional judgment before committing to contract performance",
"Obligation to perform services within area of competence" ;
proeth:withinCompetence false ;
proeth-prov:synthesisLiteral "description",
"eventRoleContext",
"foreseenUnintendedEffects",
"hasAgent",
"hasMentalState",
"intendedOutcome",
"temporalExtent",
"temporalMarker",
"temporalSequence",
"withinCompetence" ;
rdfs:comment "Engineer C, as owner of Hi-Lo Construction, decided to submit the low bid on the dam project based on documents that, upon review, should have revealed incompleteness and unbuildable elements, without seeking clarification from the owner or Engineer A and without adjusting the bid to reflect the additional work required." ;
time:hasTime case85:time_Low_Bid_Submission ;
prov:wasAttributedTo "claude-sonnet-4-6" ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 85 Extraction" .
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Extraction details
Attributed to
claude-sonnet-4-6
Generated by
ProEthica Case 85 Extraction