Indicator C2 — Bid-Ceiling Hugging

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Bid-Ceiling Hugging

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 22OA0008 lists a cost of ₱49.00M, 0.17% above its Approved Budget for the Contract of ₱48.92M. Under RA 9184, awards normally may not exceed the ABC. This may be due to a data entry or rounding error in the reported contract cost or ABC.

Public record entityConstruction of Riverwall and Road Dike along Batasan River (Phase 14), Brgy. Dampalit, Malabon City

LocationCITY OF MALABON (METROPOLITAN MANILA), MALABON CITY, National Capital RegionContract 22OA0008

Amount₱49,000,000.00100.17% of approved budget (ABC) sumbong source

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Satellite before / after

Esri Wayback · ~0.31 mLocation approximate

Before capture: 2021-02-11 · Maxar

After capture: 2025-04-20 · 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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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 Riverwall and Road Dike along Batasan River (Phase 14), Brgy. Dampalit, Malabon City22OA0008Flood control	100%	October 11, 2022	October 11, 2022	—	completedsumbong source

Start: February 14, 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": "Malabon-Navotas District Engineering Office",
  "ratio": 1.001660538326581,
  "abcPhp": 48918768.51,
  "threshold": 0.995,
  "contractId": "22OA0008",
  "contractor": "AZUL BUILDERS",
  "contractCostPhp": 49000000
}

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