Step 1: Contextual Framework Pass (Facts)

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Facts:
An agency of a foreign government invited proposals from consulting engineering firms to complete the design and supervise the construction of a hydroelectric project which is being financed in part by a World Bank loan.
The basic plans for the project were prepared by an agency of the Federal Government of the United States, and the project report was made by an agency of the foreign government, with the assistance of a team from the U.
S.
Agency.
Several engineers in the employ of the U.
S.
Agency responsible for the basic plans negotiated with at least two engineering firms with the intent of taking part in the design and supervision of the work.
Negotiations were finally concluded between this group and a firm of consulting engineers for a cooperative project to execute the work, and the group of employees formed a corporation to be a part of a joint venture to design the hydroelectric project.
At or about the time the negotiations with the foreign government were concluded, this group of engineers resigned their positions with the U.
S.
Agency and shortly thereafter entered into contract with the foreign government.