Indicator C5 — Pattern Consistent with Contract Splitting

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Pattern Consistent with Contract Splitting

Multiple similar contracts to the same contractor/DEO just under a threshold in a short window.

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

Indicator: 4 contracts awarded to TCSC CORP / EFREN RAMIREZ CONST AND GEN SERVICES CORP by the same office started within 0 days, each between ₱42.5M and ₱50M (just under the ₱50M threshold), with 4 in the same municipality. It is common for flood control projects to be split across multiple sites within a municipality for logistical or planning reasons.

Public record entityConstruction of Flood Control Structure at Brgy. Lagadlarin-Downstream, Lobo, Batangas

LocationLOBO (BATANGAS), BATANGAS, Region IV-AContract 22DE0036

Amount₱49,000,000.00 sumbong source

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

Satellite before / after

Esri Wayback · ~0.5 mLocation approximate

Before capture: 2019-03-13 · Maxar

After capture: 2019-03-13 · Vantor

No imagery since construction began — latest capture 2019-03-13

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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How this was checked

publish · confidence 0.98

Model: gpt-4.1

Prompt: v4

Checked: October 22, 2026

All four contracts are for flood control structures in different barangays or sitios within the same municipality, awarded to the same contractor by the same DEO, started on the same day, and each just below the ₱50M threshold. The C5 rule is met, and the titles show different locations as expected for this indicator. There is no evidence of a data artifact.

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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 Flood Control Structure at Brgy. Lagadlarin-Downstream, Lobo, Batangas22DE0036Flood control	100%	January 2, 2023	January 2, 2023	—	completedsumbong source

Start: January 28, 2022 · Source fetched October 21, 2026

Rule Definition

≥3 contracts within 120 days, each 85–100% of ₱50M threshold, similar titles.

Triggering Data & citations

Cluster of contracts just under procurement threshold with similar scope

{
  "deo": "Batangas 2nd District Engineering Office",
  "contractId": "22DE0036",
  "contractor": "TCSC CORP / EFREN RAMIREZ CONST AND GEN SERVICES CORP",
  "windowDays": 120,
  "clusterSize": 4,
  "thresholdPhp": 50000000,
  "contractCostPhp": 49000000,
  "averageTitleSimilarity": 0.909936205595325
}

Source documents

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

Possible Innocent Explanations

Legitimate multi-lot procurement
Different sites under same program