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Awards Very Close to the Budget Ceiling

Contract cost is at or above 99.5% of ABC from Sumbong.

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

Indicator: contract 22EA0140 was awarded at 100.00% of its ABC. Across its 67 recorded contracts, SUNWEST INC FORMERLY: SUNWEST CONST & DEVELOPMENT CORP was awarded at ≥99.5% of ABC 61 times (91.0%), versus 70.4% for flood-control contracts overall. This could be due to precise cost estimation or rounding during the bidding process.

Public record entityConstruction of Flood Control Structure along Tipo River (Package 1), Marinduque
LocationBUENAVISTA (MARINDUQUE), MARINDUQUE, Region IV-BContract 22EA0140
Amount₱96,497,681.88100.00% of approved budget (ABC) sumbong source

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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
ProjectProg.Target endActual endDays lateStatus
Construction of Flood Control Structure along Tipo River (Package 1), Marinduque22EA0140Flood control100%August 3, 2023August 2, 2023—completedsumbong source

Start: March 30, 2022 · Source fetched October 21, 2026

Rule Definition

ContractCost / ABC ≥ 0.995 using metadata.abc and contract cost fields.

Triggering Data & citations

Contract cost is at or above 99.5% of approved budget for contract (ABC)

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  "deo": "Marinduque District Engineering Office",
  "ratio": 0.9999967033513647,
  "abcPhp": 96498000,
  "threshold": 0.995,
  "contractId": "22EA0140",
  "contractor": "SUNWEST INC FORMERLY: SUNWEST CONST & DEVELOPMENT CORP",
  "contractCostPhp": 96497681.88
}

Possible Innocent Explanations

  • Accurate cost estimating
  • Single qualified bid at market rate
  • ABC set equal to engineer’s estimate
  • This could be due to precise cost estimation or rounding during the bidding process.