Engineer A QBS Deadline Strict Enforcement Firm B Rejection

@prefix case99: <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/99#> . @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#> . case99:Engineer_A_QBS_Deadline_Strict_Enforcement_Firm_B_Rejection a proeth:QBSSubmittalDeadlineStrictEnforcementObligation, owl:NamedIndividual ; rdfs:label "Engineer A QBS Deadline Strict Enforcement Firm B Rejection" ; proeth-core:competesWith case99:City_Manager_Administrative_Assistant_Non-Facilitation_Misdirected_Submittal, case99:Engineer_A_Harmless_Error_Non-Exception_Firm_B_Submittal ; proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case99:Regulatory_Compliance_State_-_QBS_Deadline_Enforcement ; proeth-core:prevailsOver case99:City_Manager_Administrative_Assistant_Non-Facilitation_Misdirected_Submittal, case99:Engineer_A_Harmless_Error_Non-Exception_Firm_B_Submittal ; proeth:casecontext "City X QBS procurement for a new public building; Firm B delivered its submittal to the city manager's office at 2:05 pm on January 30, after the 10:00 am deadline and at the wrong location; Engineer A served as the point of contact on the QBS review team." ; proeth:compliancestatus "met" ; proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ; proeth:confidence "0.92" ; proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case99:Equal_Access_to_Bid_Information_Invoked_in_QBS_Deadline_Enforcement, case99:Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Invoked_for_Engineer_A_QBS_Administration_Role, case99:Formal_Channel_Requirement_Invoked_for_QBS_Submittal_Receipt, case99:Misdirected_Submittal_Non-Acceptance_Obligation_Invoked_by_Engineer_A, case99:QBS_Submittal_Deadline_Integrity_Invoked_for_Firm_B_Late_Submittal, <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/99#QBS_Submittal_Deadline_Integrity_—_Firm_B_Misdirected_Submittal_Rejection> ; proeth:discoveredincase "99" ; proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ; proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T23:02:03.113089+00:00" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "99" ; proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T23:02:03.113089+00:00" ; proeth:importance "high" ; proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A (QBS Review Team Point of Contact, City X)" ; proeth:obligationclass "QBS Submittal Deadline Strict Enforcement Obligation" ; proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to reject Firm B's Statement of Qualifications because it was delivered to the city manager's office rather than the designated city clerk's office, and was received at 2:05 pm rather than by the 10:00 am deadline — regardless of Firm B's prior satisfactory performance or the apparent harmlessness of the error." ; proeth:sourcetext "any effort on the part of Engineer A to fail to follow the strict rules and policies of the public procurement process could call the integrity of the process into question" ; proeth:temporalscope "Upon receipt of Firm B's misdirected and late submittal on January 30" ; proeth:textreferences "a balance needs to be struck between the objective of selecting the most qualified engineering firm and strict adherence to the relevant public procurement rules and policies", "any effort on the part of Engineer A to fail to follow the strict rules and policies of the public procurement process could call the integrity of the process into question" ; proeth:wasattributedto "Case 99 Extraction" ; prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T23:08:45.591090"^^xsd:dateTime ; prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 99 Extraction" .