>If the other one loose the contract, do you get it?
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>If you get it, your recommandation may look as conflictual or unfair business practice...

The base facts here is that he only did what his assignment was asking him to do in the most professional way as possible.

As to the decision of firing or not that contractor, this is also a decision from the employer where Alex might not even have been aware of in the first place.

IAC, IMHO, it would take some really obvious malicious actions in such environment to really be able to claim something here.