Engineer A Design Phase Constructability Informal Consultation Prohibition
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/98#Engineer_A_Design_Phase_Constructability_Informal_Consultation_Prohibition
Properties
Instance of
Design-PhaseConstructabilityConsultationEqualAccessObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Design-PhaseConstructabilityConsultationEqualAccessObligation
Case context
Engineer A is designing a municipal water treatment facility for Firm X and wishes to consult Contractor B — a prospective bidder with whom Engineer A has a prior working relationship — on constructability issues during the design phase, while recognizing the potential for unfair competitive advantage.
Compliance status
unclear
Confidence
0.91
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A is obligated to refrain from informally consulting Contractor B on constructability issues during the design phase of the water treatment facility, because Contractor B may bid on the subsequent construction contract and such informal consultation would provide Contractor B with an unfair informational advantage over other prospective bidders in the public bidding process.
Temporal scope
During the design phase, prior to the public bidding process for the construction contract
Relationships
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A would like to also discuss constructability issues with a local contractor, Contractor B, with whom Engineer A has worked and who may potentially also bid on the water treatment facility construction contract following the design phase.
Text references
Engineer A is concerned that by discussing technical and other aspects of the project with the contractor, Engineer A may be providing the contractor with an unfair advantage during the public bidding process.
Engineer A would like to also discuss constructability issues with a local contractor, Contractor B, with whom Engineer A has worked and who may potentially also bid on the water treatment facility construction contract following the design phase.
TTL
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case98:Engineer_A_Design_Phase_Constructability_Informal_Consultation_Prohibition a proeth:Design-PhaseConstructabilityConsultationEqualAccessObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Design Phase Constructability Informal Consultation Prohibition" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case98:Engineer_A_Faithful_Agent_Design_Quality_Within_Procurement_Integrity_Limits ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/98#Pre-Bid_Constructability_Consultation_Conflict_—_Engineer_A_and_Contractor_B> ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A is designing a municipal water treatment facility for Firm X and wishes to consult Contractor B — a prospective bidder with whom Engineer A has a prior working relationship — on constructability issues during the design phase, while recognizing the potential for unfair competitive advantage." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unclear" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.91" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case98:Equal_Competitive_Access_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Water_Treatment_Design,
case98:Fairness_in_Professional_Competition_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Present_Case ;
proeth:discoveredincase "98" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T00:34:03.305783+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "98" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T00:34:03.305783+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Design-Phase Constructability Consultation Equal Access Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A is obligated to refrain from informally consulting Contractor B on constructability issues during the design phase of the water treatment facility, because Contractor B may bid on the subsequent construction contract and such informal consultation would provide Contractor B with an unfair informational advantage over other prospective bidders in the public bidding process." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A would like to also discuss constructability issues with a local contractor, Contractor B, with whom Engineer A has worked and who may potentially also bid on the water treatment facility construction contract following the design phase." ;
proeth:temporalscope "During the design phase, prior to the public bidding process for the construction contract" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A is concerned that by discussing technical and other aspects of the project with the contractor, Engineer A may be providing the contractor with an unfair advantage during the public bidding process.",
"Engineer A would like to also discuss constructability issues with a local contractor, Contractor B, with whom Engineer A has worked and who may potentially also bid on the water treatment facility construction contract following the design phase." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 98 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T00:43:22.145218"^^xsd:dateTime ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
98
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-28T00:34:03.305783+00:00
First case
98
Generated
2026-02-28T00:34:03.305783+00:00
Attributed to
Case 98 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T00:43:22.145218
Generated by
ProEthica Case 98 Extraction