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 23HK0070 was awarded at 100.00% of its ABC. Across its 19 recorded contracts, PHILSOUTH BUILDERS INC FORMERLY:PHILSOUTH BUILDERS was awarded at ≥99.5% of ABC 19 times (100.0%), versus 70.4% for flood-control contracts overall. This may be due to highly competitive bidding where the winning bid matches the ABC exactly.

Public record entityRehabilitation of Lumbangan River Control, Mabinay, Negros Oriental

LocationMABINAY (NEGROS ORIENTAL), NEGROS ORIENTAL, Region VIIContract 23HK0070

Amount₱53,557,500.00100.00% of approved budget (ABC) 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 m

Before capture: 2012-12-01 · Maxar

After capture: 2012-12-01 · Vantor

No imagery since construction began — latest capture 2012-12-01

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
Rehabilitation of Lumbangan River Control, Mabinay, Negros Oriental23HK0070Flood control	100%	November 3, 2023	November 30, 2023	—	completedsumbong source

Start: February 17, 2023 · 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": "Negros Oriental 2nd District Engineering Office",
  "ratio": 1,
  "abcPhp": 53557500,
  "threshold": 0.995,
  "contractId": "23HK0070",
  "contractor": "PHILSOUTH BUILDERS INC FORMERLY:PHILSOUTH BUILDERS",
  "contractCostPhp": 53557500
}

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
This may be due to highly competitive bidding where the winning bid matches the ABC exactly.