Pre-Award Prospective Client Competitive Solicitation State
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http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Pre-AwardProspectiveClientCompetitiveSolicitationState
Definition
State in which a prospective client has had preliminary discussions with an engineering firm about a potential project but no formal selection process, contract negotiation, or award has occurred — leaving the client relationship in a pre-contractual, open-competition phase. In this state, the ethical permissibility of competing firms soliciting the same prospective client is governed by free-competition norms rather than anti-supplanting rules, because no formal professional relationship has been established that could be 'supplanted.' The state is ethically significant because it defines the boundary between legitimate competitive outreach and improper displacement of an established professional relationship.
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Definition
State in which a prospective client has had preliminary discussions with an engineering firm about a potential project but no formal selection process, contract negotiation, or award has occurred — leaving the client relationship in a pre-contractual, open-competition phase. In this state, the ethical permissibility of competing firms soliciting the same prospective client is governed by free-competition norms rather than anti-supplanting rules, because no formal professional relationship has been established that could be 'supplanted.' The state is ethically significant because it defines the boundary between legitimate competitive outreach and improper displacement of an established professional relationship.
Source Evidence
Source Text
some former clients of Firm A which had projects under discussion with Firm A, but for which specific selection or negotiation had not taken place
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Ontology
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Class
Content Hash
93a0d35b988051f0...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
168
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
facts
First Discovered At
2026-03-02T02:37:30.453400+00:00
First Discovered In Case
168
Generated
2026-03-02T02:37:30.453400+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 168 Extraction