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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 22EH0153 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 may be due to precise cost estimation or competitive bidding that exactly matched the ABC.

Public record entityConstruction of Bachawan (I - Laya) Bank Slope Protection along Tablas Circumferential Road, San Agustin, Romblon (Phase 2)
LocationSAN AGUSTIN (ROMBLON), ROMBLON, Region IV-BContract 22EH0153
Amount₱93,605,000.00100.00% 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 Bachawan (I - Laya) Bank Slope Protection along Tablas Circumferential Road, San Agustin, Romblon (Phase 2)22EH0153100%August 16, 2023June 17, 2023No target date from DPWH, so lateness cannot be computedcompletedsumbong source

Start: July 18, 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": "Romblon District Engineering Office",
  "ratio": 1.000000005341595,
  "abcPhp": 93604999.5,
  "threshold": 0.995,
  "contractId": "22EH0153",
  "contractor": "SUNWEST INC FORMERLY: SUNWEST CONST & DEVELOPMENT CORP",
  "contractCostPhp": 93605000
}

Possible Innocent Explanations

  • Accurate cost estimating
  • Single qualified bid at market rate
  • ABC set equal to engineer’s estimate
  • This may be due to precise cost estimation or competitive bidding that exactly matched the ABC.

Connected records

Where this project sits

Place (PSGC)
MIMAROPA RegionRomblonSan AgustinBachawan
Storms whose wind field reached it
None on record (IBTrACS tracks).
Hazard exposure
Active fault0.6 km to mapped traceGEM Foundation (Philippines catalogue within GEM Global Active Faults)Flood (100-yr rain)outside mapped flood zonesUP NOAH Center / DOST-PAGASA (Project NOAH)Landslideoutside mapped landslide zonesUP NOAH Center / UP NIGS (Project NOAH)Storm surgeinundated from SSA1 (2.01-3 m)UP NOAH Center / DOST-PAGASA (Project NOAH)Full hazard check →
El Niño outlook (province)
Dry conditions likelyPAGASA · 2026-10-07El Niño readiness →

Exposure to a storm, hazard or drought outlook is context, not a finding about the project.