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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 22I00021 lists a cost of ₱24.12M, 0.10% above its Approved Budget for the Contract of ₱24.10M. Under RA 9184, awards normally may not exceed the ABC. This may be due to rounding or a clerical error in encoding the contract cost or ABC.

Public record entityConstruction (Completion) of Storm Surge Protection: Tide Embankment, Section 5, Phase 2, Brgy. Cogon, Palo, Leyte
LocationPALO (LEYTE), LEYTE, Region VIIIContract 22I00021
Amount₱24,124,097.61100.10% 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 (Completion) of Storm Surge Protection: Tide Embankment, Section 5, Phase 2, Brgy. Cogon, Palo, Leyte22I00021Flood control100%November 30, 2022November 28, 2022No target date from DPWH, so lateness cannot be computedcompletedsumbong source

Start: March 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": "Leyte 1st District Engineering Office",
  "ratio": 1.0010169002567124,
  "abcPhp": 24099590.73,
  "threshold": 0.995,
  "contractId": "22I00021",
  "contractor": "820 BUILDERS AND SUPPLIES",
  "contractCostPhp": 24124097.61
}

Possible Innocent Explanations

  • Accurate cost estimating
  • Single qualified bid at market rate
  • ABC set equal to engineer’s estimate
  • This may be due to rounding or a clerical error in encoding the contract cost or ABC.

Connected records

Where this project sits

Place (PSGC)
Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)LeytePaloCogon
Storms whose wind field reached it
Nokaen 2026Koto 2025Kalmaegi 2025Fengshen 2025Bualoi 2025
Hazard exposure
Active fault31.9 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 SSA2 (3.01-4 m)UP NOAH Center / DOST-PAGASA (Project NOAH)Full hazard check →
El Niño outlook (province)
Drought / dry spell likelyPAGASA · 2026-10-07El Niño readiness →

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