PE-Principal Engineering Firm Bidding Sub-Professional Work

R · Role Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/90#PE-Principal_Engineering_Firm_Bidding_Sub-Professional_Work
Definition

A firm whose principals are all licensed PEs that occasionally provides sub-professional services and has been invited to submit a written competitive bid for a contract comprised solely of sub-professional services. The central ethical question concerns whether this firm may properly submit such a bid.

Properties
Instance of
PEFirmBiddingSub-ProfessionalServices
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#PEFirmBiddingSub-ProfessionalServices
Attributes
licensureAll principals are Professional Engineers
service_scopeOccasionally provides sub-professional services related to engineering
bid_typeWritten competitive bid
work_characterSolely sub-professional in nature
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Relationships
typeinvited_by
targetSub-Professional Services Procurement Client Individual
Role category
provider_client
Source Evidence
Source text
An engineering firm in which all the principals are professional engineers provides services on occasion of a type and nature regarded as sub-professional in character

Text references
An engineering firm in which all the principals are professional engineers provides services on occasion of a type and nature regarded as sub-professional in character
The firm is invited to submit a written bid for work comprised solely of sub-professional services
TTL
@prefix case90: <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/90#> . @prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> . @prefix proeth: <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#> . @prefix proeth-core: <http://proethica.org/ontology/core#> . @prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> . @prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . @prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> . case90:PE-Principal_Engineering_Firm_Bidding_Sub-Professional_Work a proeth:PEFirmBiddingSub-ProfessionalServices, owl:NamedIndividual ; rdfs:label "PE-Principal Engineering Firm Bidding Sub-Professional Work" ; proeth-core:adheresToPrinciple case90:Antitrust_Constraint_on_Ethics_Code_Restriction_of_Sub-Professional_Bidding, case90:Competitive_Bidding_Permissibility_for_Sub-Professional_Services_Based_on_Rationale_Scope, case90:Engineering_Business-Profession_Duality_in_Sub-Professional_Bid_Context, case90:Ethics_Code_Scope_Limitation_to_Professional_Practice_in_Sub-Professional_Bidding_Case, case90:Free_and_Open_Competition_Governs_PE_Firm_Sub-Professional_Bidding, case90:Honesty_in_Sub-Professional_Bid_Representations, case90:PE_Identity_Non-Exploitation_in_Sub-Professional_Bid_Submission, case90:Professional_Ethics_Obligation_Persistence_Through_Sub-Professional_Bid, case90:Sub-Professional_Bidding_Permissibility_for_PE_Firm, case90:Sub-Professional_Competitive_Bidding_Permissibility_for_All-PE-Principal_Firm, case90:Transparency_Obligation_in_Mixed_Professional-Sub-Professional_Firm_Identity ; proeth-core:hasObligation case90:PE_Firm_Ethics_Code_Scope_Non-Application_to_Sub-Professional_Bid, case90:PE_Firm_Honest_Representation_in_Sub-Professional_Bid_Submissions, case90:PE_Firm_Mixed-Practice_Work_Category_Segregation_and_Client_Transparency, case90:PE_Firm_Sub-Professional_Bid_Antitrust_Scope_Recognition, case90:PE_Firm_Sub-Professional_Bid_Competitive_Bidding_Rationale-Scope_Permissibility, case90:PE_Firm_Sub-Professional_Bid_Ethics_Code_Persistence, case90:PE_Firm_Sub-Professional_Bid_Honest_Representations, case90:PE_Firm_Sub-Professional_Bid_Identity_Transparency, case90:PE_Firm_Sub-Professional_Bid_PE_Credential_Non-Exploitation, case90:PE_Firm_Sub-Professional_Bid_Permissibility_Recognition ; proeth:attributes "{'licensure': 'All principals are Professional Engineers', 'service_scope': 'Occasionally provides sub-professional services related to engineering', 'bid_type': 'Written competitive bid', 'work_character': 'Solely sub-professional in nature'}" ; proeth:caseinvolvement "A firm whose principals are all licensed PEs that occasionally provides sub-professional services and has been invited to submit a written competitive bid for a contract comprised solely of sub-professional services. The central ethical question concerns whether this firm may properly submit such a bid." ; proeth:conceptCategory "Role" ; proeth:confidence "0.92" ; proeth:discoveredincase "90" ; proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ; proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-02T16:03:36.509865+00:00" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "90" ; proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-02T16:03:36.509865+00:00" ; proeth:importance "high" ; proeth:relationships "{'type': 'invited_by', 'target': 'Sub-Professional Services Procurement Client Individual'}" ; proeth:rolecategory "provider_client" ; proeth:roleclass "PE Firm Bidding Sub-Professional Services" ; proeth:sourcetext "An engineering firm in which all the principals are professional engineers provides services on occasion of a type and nature regarded as sub-professional in character" ; proeth:textreferences "An engineering firm in which all the principals are professional engineers provides services on occasion of a type and nature regarded as sub-professional in character", "The firm is invited to submit a written bid for work comprised solely of sub-professional services" ; proeth:wasattributedto "Case 90 Extraction" ; prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-02T16:20:56.406712"^^xsd:dateTime ; prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 90 Extraction" .
Metadata
Type
Individual
Last Updated
2026-05-28 16:26
Discovered in case
90
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-02T16:03:36.509865+00:00
First case
90
Generated
2026-03-02T16:03:36.509865+00:00
Attributed to
Case 90 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T16:20:56.406712
Generated by
ProEthica Case 90 Extraction