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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 21IL0139 was awarded at 100.00% of its ABC. Across its 16 recorded contracts, A C RIVERO DEVELOPMENT CORP was awarded at ≥99.5% of ABC 16 times (100.0%), versus 70.4% for flood-control contracts overall. It is possible that the winning bid matched the ABC due to precise cost estimation or lack of competition.

Public record entityConstruction of Road Slope Protection along Maasin Bypass Road, Maasin City, Southern Leyte
LocationSOUTHERN LEYTE, Region VIIIContract 21IL0139
Amount₱96,500,000.00100.00% 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 Road Slope Protection along Maasin Bypass Road, Maasin City, Southern Leyte21IL0139100%December 6, 2022December 6, 2022No target date from DPWH, so lateness cannot be computedcompletedsumbong source

Start: November 22, 2021 · 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": "Southern Leyte 1st District Engineering Office",
  "ratio": 1,
  "abcPhp": 96500000,
  "threshold": 0.995,
  "contractId": "21IL0139",
  "contractor": "A C RIVERO DEVELOPMENT CORP",
  "contractCostPhp": 96500000
}

Possible Innocent Explanations

  • Accurate cost estimating
  • Single qualified bid at market rate
  • ABC set equal to engineer’s estimate

Connected records

Where this project sits

Place (PSGC)
Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)Southern LeyteCity of Maasin
Storms whose wind field reached it
None on record (IBTrACS tracks).
Hazard exposure
Active fault32.3 km to mapped traceGEM Foundation (Philippines catalogue within GEM Global Active Faults)Flood (100-yr rain)no layer coverage for this provinceUP NOAH Center / DOST-PAGASA (Project NOAH)Landslideno layer coverage for this provinceUP NOAH Center / UP NIGS (Project NOAH)Storm surgeno layer coverage for this provinceUP 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.