Indicator C2 — Awards Very Close to the Budget Ceiling

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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 22PE0093 was awarded at 99.92% of its ABC. Across its 16 recorded contracts, UNIVERSAL DE LEON CONST AND AGGREGATES was awarded at ≥99.5% of ABC 16 times (100.0%), versus 70.4% for flood-control contracts overall. Contractors may consistently bid near the ABC to maximize their chances of winning while staying within legal limits.

Public record entityConstruction of Slope Protection at Yabyabuan Multi-Grade School, Barangay Bagong, Sablan, Benguet

LocationSABLAN (BENGUET), BENGUET, Cordillera Administrative RegionContract 22PE0093

Amount₱14,688,347.0099.92% of approved budget (ABC) sumbong source

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Satellite before / after

Esri Wayback · ~0.31 m

Before capture: 2021-03-09 · Maxar

After capture: 2023-02-10 · Vantor

No post-completion imagery yet — the newest available capture predates the reported completion date.

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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

Checked: October 22, 2026

The contract was awarded at 99.92% of ABC, which is highly unusual and above the 99.5% threshold. The contractor has a perfect record (16/16) of winning contracts at or above this threshold, which is much higher than the baseline for flood-control contracts (70.4%). All relevant figures and source URLs are present, and the indicator can be described neutrally.

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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 at Yabyabuan Multi-Grade School, Barangay Bagong, Sablan, Benguet22PE0093	100%	July 14, 2023	December 1, 2023	—	completedsumbong source

Start: September 7, 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)

{
  "deo": "Benguet 1st District Engineering Office",
  "ratio": 0.9992072789115646,
  "abcPhp": 14700000,
  "threshold": 0.995,
  "contractId": "22PE0093",
  "contractor": "UNIVERSAL DE LEON CONST AND AGGREGATES",
  "contractCostPhp": 14688347
}

Source documents

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

Possible Innocent Explanations

Accurate cost estimating
Single qualified bid at market rate
ABC set equal to engineer’s estimate