Prior Performance Non-Consideration Invoked in Firm B Compliance Determination
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/99#Prior_Performance_Non-Consideration_Invoked_in_Firm_B_Compliance_Determination
Properties
Instance of
PriorPerformanceNon-ConsiderationinProcurementComplianceDeterminations
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#PriorPerformanceNon-ConsiderationinProcurementComplianceDeterminations
Applied to
Firm B Late Submittal QBS Competitor
Balancing with
Client Loyalty
Fairness in Professional Competition
Concrete expression
The fact that Firm B had performed well on several other engineering design projects for the city must not influence Engineer A's determination of whether Firm B's late and misdirected submittal complies with the published QBS requirements — the compliance determination must be made solely on the basis of the published requirements
Confidence
0.87
Importance
high
Interpretation
Firm B's prior satisfactory performance is irrelevant to the compliance determination; allowing it to influence the decision would constitute favoritism and undermine the integrity of the competitive process
Invoked by
Engineer A QBS Review Team Point of Contact
Tension resolution
The impartiality obligation in procurement compliance determinations overrides any sympathetic consideration of prior performance; all firms must be treated identically under the published requirements
Source Evidence
Source text
Firm B had also performed well on several other engineering design projects for the city.
Text references
City X published the date, time, and location of the submittal for the Statements of Qualifications (SOQs) indicating all submittals must be received by the city in the city clerk's office no later than 10:00 am on January 30.
Firm B had also performed well on several other engineering design projects for the city.
TTL
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case99:Prior_Performance_Non-Consideration_Invoked_in_Firm_B_Compliance_Determination a proeth:PriorPerformanceNon-ConsiderationinProcurementComplianceDeterminations,
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rdfs:label "Prior Performance Non-Consideration Invoked in Firm B Compliance Determination" ;
proeth:appliedto "Firm B Late Submittal QBS Competitor" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Client Loyalty",
"Fairness in Professional Competition" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "The fact that Firm B had performed well on several other engineering design projects for the city must not influence Engineer A's determination of whether Firm B's late and misdirected submittal complies with the published QBS requirements — the compliance determination must be made solely on the basis of the published requirements" ;
proeth:confidence "0.87" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "99" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T22:56:57.985736+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "99" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T22:56:57.985736+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "Firm B's prior satisfactory performance is irrelevant to the compliance determination; allowing it to influence the decision would constitute favoritism and undermine the integrity of the competitive process" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A QBS Review Team Point of Contact" ;
proeth:principleclass "Prior Performance Non-Consideration in Procurement Compliance Determinations" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Firm B had also performed well on several other engineering design projects for the city." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The impartiality obligation in procurement compliance determinations overrides any sympathetic consideration of prior performance; all firms must be treated identically under the published requirements" ;
proeth:textreferences "City X published the date, time, and location of the submittal for the Statements of Qualifications (SOQs) indicating all submittals must be received by the city in the city clerk's office no later than 10:00 am on January 30.",
"Firm B had also performed well on several other engineering design projects for the city." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 99 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T23:08:45.585157"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 99 Extraction" .
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Extraction details
Discovered in case
99
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-27T22:56:57.985736+00:00
First case
99
Generated
2026-02-27T22:56:57.985736+00:00
Attributed to
Case 99 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T23:08:45.585157
Generated by
ProEthica Case 99 Extraction