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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 β€” not proof of wrongdoing, fraud, or corruption against any person.

Indicator: Mountain Province 1st District Engineering Office awarded 22 of 22 recorded flood-control contracts (100.0%) at 99.5% or more of their Approved Budget for the Contract, versus 70.4% for flood-control contracts nationwide (29.6 percentage points higher; binomial p = 4.4e-04), across 18 contractors. Source: DPWH / Sumbong sa Pangulo contract records; each contract is listed below. This may reflect a local practice of awarding contracts at the maximum allowed bid price to ensure project completion or due to limited competition.

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Mountain Province 1st District Engineering Office: contracts

22 of 22 contracts (100%) at β‰₯99.5% of ABC Β· peer baseline 70.4% Β· gap +29.6 pts Β· binomial p = 4.4e-4. Source: DPWH transparency portal and Sumbong sa Pangulo records (linked per contract).

ContractTitleContractor% of ABCSource
24PI0050Construction of Flood Mitigation Structure protecting Public InfraStructure/Facilities, Barangay Mainit, Bontoc, Mountain ProvinceYCHONGLIYAN CONST100.00%DPWH
22PI0017Construction of Flood Control, Barangay Mainit, Bontoc, Mountain ProvinceYCHONGLIYAN CONST100.00%DPWH
24PI0001Construction of Kawayan-Kamiling-Padang Otucan Norte Flood Control along Bayudan-Chico River, Bauko, Mountain ProvinceMG SAMIDAN CONST / LOG-AKA CONST100.00%DPWH
22PI0043Construction of Wawang Flood Control Structure, Sta. 32 + 180 - Sta. 32 + 250 (L.S.), Sta. 32 + 184 - Sta. 32 + 264 (R.S.), Sta. 32 + 328 - Sta. 32 + 358 (L.S.)SADLAN CONST100.00%DPWH
22PI0050Construction of Flood Control Structure along Bayudan River, Kabulawan-Busilac Bila-Otucan Sur, Sta. 55+800 - Sta. 56+480 (B.S.), Bauko, Mountain ProvinceMG SAMIDAN CONST / R S SEPIAN CONST & TRUCKING100.00%DPWH
24PI0026Construction of Supang Flood Control, Bisibisan Section along Bayudan-Chico River, Sabangan, Mountain ProvinceDD LIKIGAN CONST100.00%DPWH
22PI0066Construction of Bonon Flood Control Structure, Sta. 31+ 380 - Sta.31+460 (LS) along Talubin River, Bontoc, Mountain ProvinceDHEN'Z CONST100.00%DPWH
23PI0010Construction of Abit Flood Control along Abit River, Tadian, Mountain ProvinceFJ MIRANDA CONST100.00%DPWH
23PI0071Construction of Flood Control Mitigation Structure, Ligab-Sumbagan along Chico River, Gonogon, Bontoc, Mountain ProvinceALPHA SIX CONST100.00%DPWH
24PI0009Construction of Gayang Flood Control along Chico River, Sabangan, Mountain ProvinceFJ MIRANDA CONST100.00%DPWH
23PI0002Construction of Chico River Flood Control, Tamog-o Section at Sitio Tamog-o in Barangay Monamon Norte, Bauko, Mountain ProvinceOLSIM CONST / RODEKOM GEN CONST AND ENT100.00%DPWH
24PI0010Construction of Monamon Norte Flood Control along Chico River, Panas Section, Bauko, Mountain ProvinceOLSIM CONST / GELLE CONST SERVICES100.00%DPWH
23PI0072Construction of Flood Control Mitigation Structure, Sao-Malitep along Chico River, Balili, Bontoc, Mountain ProvinceJBA CONST AND BUILDERS100.00%DPWH
22PI0023Construction of Chico-Karayan-Tikitik Flood Control Structure, Sta. 29+000 - Sta. 29+760 (LS) along Chico River, Bontoc, Mountain ProvinceJBA CONST AND BUILDERS100.00%DPWH
23PI0032Construction of Balili Flood Control, Sta. 39 + 550 - Sta. 39 + 830 (LS); Sta. 40 + 120 - Sta 40 + 270 (LS) along Chico River, Bontoc, Mountain ProvinceCHAO-MING CONST SERVICES / E T LATAWAN CONST100.00%DPWH
23PI0080Construction of Caluttit-Pakkil Flood Control, Sta. 28 + 242 - Sta. 28 + 440 (LS) along Chico River, Bontoc, Mountain ProvinceA I P CONST / LEWIN VANNE GEN ENGINEERING AND CONST100.00%DPWH
21PI0052Construction of Chaksu Flood Control; Sta. 30 + 580 - Sta. 30 + 840 (L.S.), Sta. 30+880 - Sta. 30+910 along Chico River, Bontoc, Mountain ProvinceAFEW CONST / E T LATAWAN CONST100.00%DPWH
21PI0014Construction of Magatiley Flood Control; Sta. 67 +225 - Sta. 67 + 900 (R.S.) along Chico River, Bauko, Mountain Province3K ROCK ENGINEERING / OLSIM CONST100.00%DPWH
23PI0001Construction of Monamon Sur and Monamon Norte Flood Control, Bebe-Saew Section, Sta. 70 + 440 - Sta. 71 + 540 (RS) along Chico River, Bauko, Mountain ProvinceOLSIM CONST / RODEKOM GEN CONST AND ENT100.00%DPWH
22PI0038Construction of ABIT Flood Control along Abit River, Tadian, Mountain ProvinceOLSIM CONST / BALLIGI CONST DEVELOPMENT CORP FORMERLY:BALLIGI CONST / RODEKOM GEN CONST AND ENT100.00%DPWH
21PI0033Construction of Agkuyu-Chico River Flood Control; Sta. 30 + 720 - Sta. 31 + 260 (L.S.), Sta. 30+710 - Sta. 30+770 (R.S.), Barangay Samoki, Bontoc, Mountain ProvED1SON DEVELOPMENT & CONST INC / KOMICHOV GEN CONST100.00%DPWH
23PI0093Construction of Fengar Flood Control, Sta. 33 + 220- Sta. 33 + 470 (RS) along Agkuyo-Chico River, Bontoc, Mountain ProvinceKOMICHOV GEN CONST100.00%DPWH

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Project completion

Schedule fields from DPWH transparency portal records and the Sumbong sa Pangulo flood-control list β€” not inferred beyond those columns.

Completion schedule is shown for project and contractor flags only.

Rule Definition

ContractCost / ABC β‰₯ 0.995 using metadata.abc and contract cost fields.

Triggering Data & citations

Implementing office awards near-ABC contracts far more often than the flood-control baseline

{
  "office": "Mountain Province 1st District Engineering Office",
  "nearAbc": 22,
  "trigger": "office_pattern_aggregate",
  "officeId": "f0c43d0c-55ea-5bbe-96ca-6cf170ed3c70",
  "threshold": 0.995,
  "binomialTailP": 0.00044331116729167536,
  "nearAbcRatePct": 100,
  "totalContracts": 22,
  "baselineRatePct": 70.4,
  "excessPctPoints": 29.6,
  "expectedNearAbc": 15.5,
  "baselineDefinition": "share of all Sumbong flood-control contracts awarded at β‰₯99.5% of ABC"
}

Possible Innocent Explanations

Data not yet available (source: rule metadata)