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
| 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 |
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Relationships
| type | invited_by |
| target | Sub-Professional Services Procurement Client Individual |
Role category
provider_client
Relationships
adheresToPrinciple
Antitrust Constraint on Ethics Code Restriction of Sub-Professional Bidding, Competitive Bidding Permissibility for Sub-Professional Services Based on Rationale Scope, Engineering Business-Profession Duality in Sub-Professional Bid Context, Ethics Code Scope Limitation to Professional Practice in Sub-Professional Bidding Case, Free and Open Competition Governs PE Firm Sub-Professional Bidding, Honesty in Sub-Professional Bid Representations, PE Identity Non-Exploitation in Sub-Professional Bid Submission, Professional Ethics Obligation Persistence Through Sub-Professional Bid, Sub-Professional Bidding Permissibility for PE Firm, Sub-Professional Competitive Bidding Permissibility for All-PE-Principal Firm, Transparency Obligation in Mixed Professional-Sub-Professional Firm Identity
hasObligation
PE Firm Ethics Code Scope Non-Application to Sub-Professional Bid, PE Firm Honest Representation in Sub-Professional Bid Submissions, PE Firm Mixed-Practice Work Category Segregation and Client Transparency, PE Firm Sub-Professional Bid Antitrust Scope Recognition, PE Firm Sub-Professional Bid Competitive Bidding Rationale-Scope Permissibility, PE Firm Sub-Professional Bid Ethics Code Persistence, PE Firm Sub-Professional Bid Honest Representations, PE Firm Sub-Professional Bid Identity Transparency, PE Firm Sub-Professional Bid PE Credential Non-Exploitation, PE Firm Sub-Professional Bid Permissibility Recognition
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
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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
Extraction details
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