Indicator A1 — DepEd/DOH Award Far Above Office Peers

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DepEd/DOH Award Far Above Office Peers

A PhilGEPS award is at least 50× the median of the same office's awards in the same business category and year.

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

Indicator: PHILIPPINE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER awarded ₱36.63M to ZUELLIG PHARMA CORPORATION - INTERPHIL LABORATORIES INC. - JOINT VENTURE for 'Pharmaceutical Supplies' (2020-01-08), 89.2× the median of its 69 'Drugs and Medicines' awards in 2020 (₱410,400). PhilGEPS records do not list quantities, so order size cannot be compared. This may reflect a bulk or consolidated purchase for the hospital's annual needs.

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

How this was checked

publish · confidence 0.93

Model: gpt-4.1

Prompt: agency-v1

Checked: October 22, 2026

The award is 89.2× the median of 69 peer awards in the same category and year, with a generic title ('Pharmaceutical Supplies') similar to routine peer titles. There is no evidence in the packet that this is a consolidated, annual, or framework procurement, nor that it covers a fundamentally different class of goods. The packet meets all rule requirements and the anomaly is clearly described and checkable.

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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.

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Rule Definition

Compares each DepEd/DOH award with the median of the same procuring office, PhilGEPS business category and year (≥15 peer awards, award ≥₱20M). Reviewers reject cases where the title explains the scale (annual or consolidated supply, major equipment, works).

Triggering Data & citations

Award of ₱36,627,194 is 89× the median of the 69 'Drugs and Medicines' awards by PHILIPPINE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER in 2020 (₱410,400).

{
  "award": {
    "url": "/agency-awards/64f2bac4-e0f3-4d20-90a2-0fa3250c7d98",
    "title": "Pharmaceutical Supplies",
    "office": "PHILIPPINE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER",
    "awardId": "64f2bac4-e0f3-4d20-90a2-0fa3250c7d98",
    "awardee": "ZUELLIG PHARMA CORPORATION - INTERPHIL LABORATORIES INC. - JOINT VENTURE",
    "amountPhp": 36627194.04,
    "awardDate": "2020-01-08",
    "referenceId": "69782",
    "businessCategory": "Drugs and Medicines"
  },
  "basis": "office_category_year",
  "peers": 69,
  "ratio": 89.2,
  "medianPhp": 410400
}

Source documents

philgeps — https://huggingface.co/datasets/bettergovph/philgeps-data/resolve/main/philgeps.parquetFetched October 21, 2026

Possible Innocent Explanations

A single consolidated or annual procurement can legitimately dwarf routine purchases in the same category.
This may reflect a bulk or consolidated purchase for the hospital's annual needs.