Agency-Initiated Direct Expert Solicitation Outside Original List State
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48793ac7
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Agency-InitiatedDirectExpertSolicitationOutsideOriginalListState
Definition
State in which a government procuring authority, having determined that responding firms would not make a substantial contribution to the work and would rely entirely on a specific expert not originally solicited, directly contacts that expert to determine whether they would be willing to undertake the contract as the prime professional — bypassing the original solicitation list and creating questions about procurement fairness, the expert's obligations, and the propriety of the agency's action.
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Definition
State in which a government procuring authority, having determined that responding firms would not make a substantial contribution to the work and would rely entirely on a specific expert not originally solicited, directly contacts that expert to determine whether they would be willing to undertake the contract as the prime professional — bypassing the original solicitation list and creating questions about procurement fairness, the expert's obligations, and the propriety of the agency's action.
Source Evidence
Source Text
The firm of Engineer X was not on the original list of those contacted.
TTL
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rdfs:label "Agency-Initiated Direct Expert Solicitation Outside Original List State" ;
rdfs:comment "State in which a government procuring authority, having determined that responding firms would not make a substantial contribution to the work and would rely entirely on a specific expert not originally solicited, directly contacts that expert to determine whether they would be willing to undertake the contract as the prime professional — bypassing the original solicitation list and creating questions about procurement fairness, the expert's obligations, and the propriety of the agency's action." ;
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Ontology
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Content Hash
48793ac719a24093...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
161
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
facts
First Discovered At
2026-03-02T11:33:15.517940+00:00
First Discovered In Case
161
Generated
2026-03-02T11:33:15.517940+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 161 Extraction