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Awards Very Close to the Budget Ceiling

Contract cost is at or above 99.5% of ABC from Sumbong.

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Indicator: Agusan del Sur 1st District Engineering Office awarded 29 of 30 recorded flood-control contracts (96.7%) at 99.5% or more of their Approved Budget for the Contract, versus 70.4% for flood-control contracts nationwide (26.3 percentage points higher; binomial p = 3.6e-04), across 13 contractors. Source: DPWH / Sumbong sa Pangulo contract records; each contract is listed below. This may reflect highly competitive bidding or precise cost estimation for these projects.

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Agusan del Sur 1st District Engineering Office: contracts

29 of 30 contracts (96.7%) at ≥99.5% of ABC · peer baseline 70.4% · gap +26.3 pts · binomial p = 3.6e-4. Source: DPWH transparency portal and Sumbong sa Pangulo records (linked per contract).

ContractTitleContractor% of ABCSource
22NB0022Construction/Rehabilitation of Maytibog River Training along Agusan-Davao Road, Sta. 0+011.00 - Sta. 0+300.00, Bayugan City, Agusan del SurMADYAW CONST & DEV CORP100.00%DPWH
22NB0014Construction/Rehabilitation of Sinadyap River Phase II, Sta. 0+067.00 - Sta. 0+429 (L/S), Sta. 0+040.00 - Sta. 0+430.00 (R/S), Bayugan City, Agusan del SurARQ BUILDERS100.00%DPWH
21N00141Construction of Bank Protection along Wawa River Protecting the National Road, along Bayugan - Esperanza Road (Crossing Luna Section), Agusan del Sur, PackageCM TAN CONST100.00%DPWH
22NB0032Construction of Revetment along Wawa River, Wawa Bridge Section, Agusan del Sur, Sta. 0+000.00 - Sta. 0+123.80, Bayugan City, Agusan del SurADFIL CORP100.00%DPWH
21N00142Construction of Bank Protection Protecting the National Road, Butuan City-Esperanza-San Luis, Talacogon, Agusan del Sur, Package 2CM TAN CONST100.00%DPWH
22NB0006Construction of Bank Protection along Bayugan River, Sta. 0+100 - Sta. 0+349.00 (L/S), Sta. 0+110.00 - Sta. 348.00 (R/S), Bayugan City, Agusan del SurA T DUMLAO CONST INC FORMERLYANDONI T D100.00%DPWH
22NB0004Construction of Bank Protection of Sianib River along Daang Maharlika (Agusan-Davao Section), Sta. 0+000.00 - Sta. 0+124.00, Prosperidad, Agusan del SurDAVE CONST100.00%DPWH
22NB0009Construction of Flood Control Project (Boat landing) along Agusan River, Sta. 0+000.00 - Sta. 0+100.00, Esperanza, Agusan del SurLM CONST AND GEN MARKETING100.00%DPWH
22NB0041Construction of Bank Protection along Agusan River, Hawilian Section, Agusan del SurGIOVANNI CONST100.00%DPWH
23N00100Construction of Bank Protection along Wawa River, Poblacion, Sibagat, Agusan del SurCM TAN CONST100.00%DPWH
23NB0019Construction of Revetment along Agusan River Basin, Esperanza Section, Agusan del SurADFIL CORP100.00%DPWH
24NB0015Construction of Bank Protection along Agusan River (Poblacion-Esperanza Section) Esperanza, Agusan del SurJ M LACORTE CONST100.00%DPWH
22NB0010Construction of Maug Flood Control Structure along Riverbank of Maug Bridge Phase III (Downstream), Sta. 0+000.00 - Sta. 0+320.00 R/S, Prosperidad, Agusan del SEQUI-PARCO CONST CO100.00%DPWH
22NB0021Construction of Patin-ay River Dike (Upstream), Sta. 0+000.00 - Sta. 0+500.00, Prosperidad, Agusan del SurABADA CONST AND SUPPLY100.00%DPWH
22NB0005Construction of Bank Protection of Sianib River along Daang Maharlika (Agusan-Davao Section), Sta. 0+000.00 - Sta. 0+350.00 Upstream, Sta. 0+000.00 - Sta. 0+066EQUI-PARCO CONST CO100.00%DPWH
22NB0011Construction of Revetment along Agusan River Basin, Esperanza Bridge Approaches, Sta. 0+000.00 - Sta. 0+400.00, Esperanza, Agusan del SurADFIL CORP100.00%DPWH
22NB0043Construction of Flood Mitigation Structures along Andanan River Bank (Upstream), Bayugan City, Agusan del SurCM TAN CONST100.00%DPWH
24NB0023Construction of Flood Control Project along Agusan River, Esperanza, Agusan del SurBBC CONST100.00%DPWH
22NB0013Construction of Azpetia River Bank Protection, Sta. 0+000.00 - Sta. 0+540.00 R/S, Sta. 0+000.00 - Sta. 0+080.00 L/S, Brgy. Azpetia, Prosperidad, Agusan del SurJ M LACORTE CONST100.00%DPWH
24NB0012Construction of Bank Protection along Agusan River (Magtuyon Section) San Luis, Agusan del SurJ M LACORTE CONST / LEXICON DEVELOPMENT CORP100.00%DPWH
22NB0042Construction of Bank Protection of Sianib River along Daang Maharlika, Agusan del SurMADYAW CONST & DEV CORP100.00%DPWH
23N00099Construction of Bank Protection along Agusan River (Dimasalang Section) San Luis, Agusan del SurARQ BUILDERS100.00%DPWH
23NB0015Construction of Revetment along Gibong River, Azpetia Bridge Section, Prosperidad, Agusan del SurJ M LACORTE CONST100.00%DPWH
24NB0050Construction of Andanan RIS Flood Control Structure, Bayugan City, Agusan del SurJ M LACORTE CONST100.00%DPWH
22NB0026Construction of Bank Protection (Raising of Grades, protecting the National Road) along Bayugan-Esperanza Road, Crossing Luna Section, Sta. 0+000.00 - Sta. 0+10CM TAN CONST100.00%DPWH
21NB0041Construction of Flood Relief along Butuan City-Talacogon-Loreto-Veruela-Sta Josefa Road - K1326+822 - K1328+985, Agusan del SurMADYAW CONST & DEV CORP100.00%DPWH
22NB0007Construction of Bank Protection along Wawa River (Mahagkot Section) Downstream, Phase II, Sta. 0+080.00 - Sta. 0+184.80, Ezperanza, Agusan del SurJ M LACORTE CONST100.00%DPWH
22NB0055Construction of Bank Protection along Wawa River Protecting the National Road, along Bayugan - Esperanza Road (Crossing Luna Section), Agusan del Sur, PackageCM TAN CONST99.99%DPWH
22NB0054Construction of Bank Protection along Wawa River, Poblacion Sibagat Section, Agusan del SurCM TAN CONST99.94%DPWH
21N00083Construction of Revetment along Agusan River Basin, Esperanza Section, Agusan del SurADFIL CORP99.34%DPWH

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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.

Completion schedule is shown for project and contractor flags only.

Rule Definition

ContractCost / ABC ≥ 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

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  "office": "Agusan del Sur 1st District Engineering Office",
  "nearAbc": 29,
  "trigger": "office_pattern_aggregate",
  "officeId": "a0f8fe6e-9472-5517-b08d-ef5efb668107",
  "threshold": 0.995,
  "binomialTailP": 0.000364156844459252,
  "nearAbcRatePct": 96.7,
  "totalContracts": 30,
  "baselineRatePct": 70.4,
  "excessPctPoints": 26.3,
  "expectedNearAbc": 21.1,
  "baselineDefinition": "share of all Sumbong flood-control contracts awarded at ≥99.5% of ABC"
}

Possible Innocent Explanations

  • This may reflect highly competitive bidding or precise cost estimation for these projects.