Indicator C5 — Pattern Consistent with Contract Splitting

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Pattern Consistent with Contract Splitting

Multiple similar contracts to the same contractor/DEO just under a threshold in a short window.

This is a statistical anomaly or indicator worth examining — not proof of wrongdoing, fraud, or corruption against any person.

Indicator: 11 contracts awarded to A C SOLIVEN CONST & GEN MERCHANDISE by the same office started within 46 days, each between ₱42.5M and ₱50M (just under the ₱50M threshold), with 9 in the same municipality. It is possible these are separate projects for different sections or locations within the municipality, as is common for flood control works.

Public record entityConstruction of Slope Protection with Steel Sheet Pile Foundation along O'Donnell River Control Right Dike, Armenia-San Jose De Urquico Section (Package B), Tarlac City, Tarlac

LocationCITY OF TARLAC (CAPITAL) (TARLAC), TARLAC, Region IIIContract 23CJ0042

Amount₱49,000,000.00 sumbong source

Only contractors and government agencies named in public procurement records are shown. Private individuals are not named.

Satellite before / after

Esri Wayback · ~0.5 mLocation approximate

Before capture: 2022-01-13 · Maxar

After capture: 2025-04-15 · Vantor

Satellite comparison for public reference — not proof of completion or non-completion.

Imagery may not show small or linear works; no visible change is not evidence of wrongdoing.

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Caveats & resolution

Esri World Imagery Wayback (~0.5–1 m); dates are archive release dates, not capture timestamps.
Imagery may not show small or linear works; no visible change is not evidence of wrongdoing.
DPWH coordinates can be approximate; marker shows the imagery center (may be snapped to riverbank/coast).

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How this was checked

publish · confidence 0.98

Model: gpt-4.1

Prompt: v4.1

Checked: October 22, 2026

This is a C5 indicator, and the code has already confirmed that 11 contracts, all just under the ₱50M threshold, were awarded to the same contractor by the same DEO within 46 days, with 9 in the same municipality. The titles are similar but refer to different sections, banks, or rivers, which is expected for C5 (the rule is about clusters in one municipality, not duplicate works). There is no data artifact or missing record.

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Project completion

Schedule fields from DPWH transparency portal records and the Sumbong sa Pangulo flood-control list — not inferred beyond those columns.

Reported complete (DPWH): 1Ongoing: 0Delayed: 0Status unknown: 0

Project	Prog.	Target end	Actual end	Days late	Status
Construction of Slope Protection with Steel Sheet Pile Foundation along O'Donnell River Control Right Dike, Armenia-San Jose De Urquico Section (Package B), Tarlac City, Tarlac23CJ0042Flood control	100%	July 29, 2023	July 29, 2023	—	completedsumbong source

Start: January 30, 2023 · Source fetched October 21, 2026

Rule Definition

≥3 contracts within 120 days, each 85–100% of ₱50M threshold, similar titles.

Triggering Data & citations

Cluster of contracts just under procurement threshold in one municipality

{
  "deo": "Tarlac District Engineering Office",
  "contractId": "23CJ0042",
  "contractor": "A C SOLIVEN CONST & GEN MERCHANDISE",
  "windowDays": 120,
  "clusterSize": 11,
  "thresholdPhp": 50000000,
  "contractCostPhp": 49000000,
  "maxInOneMunicipality": 9
}

Source documents

sumbong — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rukku/sumbongsapangulo.ph-datasets/main/flood_control_projects.geojsonFetched October 21, 2026