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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 23A00131 was awarded at 99.99% of its ABC. Across its 14 recorded contracts, RODEKOM GEN CONST AND ENT was awarded at ≥99.5% of ABC 14 times (100.0%), versus 70.4% for flood-control contracts overall. This pattern may result from consistently competitive bidding or precise cost estimation.

Public record entityConstruction of Flood Control Structure along Aringay River, Barangay Garcia - Gonzales, Tubao, La Union
LocationTUBAO (LA UNION), LA UNION, Region IContract 23A00131
Amount₱144,732,166.4099.99% 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 Flood Control Structure along Aringay River, Barangay Garcia - Gonzales, Tubao, La Union23A00131Flood control100%January 13, 2024November 13, 2023No target date from DPWH, so lateness cannot be computedcompletedsumbong source

Start: February 14, 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)

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  "deo": "La Union 2nd District Engineering Office",
  "ratio": 0.9998767972366149,
  "abcPhp": 144750000,
  "threshold": 0.995,
  "contractId": "23A00131",
  "contractor": "RODEKOM GEN CONST AND ENT",
  "contractCostPhp": 144732166.4
}

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 I (Ilocos Region)La UnionTubaoMagsaysay
Storms whose wind field reached it
Fung-Wong 2025Fengshen 2025Matmo 2025Kajiki 2025Co-May 2025
Hazard exposure
Active fault2.9 km to mapped traceGEM Foundation (Philippines catalogue within GEM Global Active Faults)Flood (100-yr rain)highUP NOAH Center / DOST-PAGASA (Project NOAH)Landslideoutside mapped landslide zonesUP NOAH Center / UP NIGS (Project NOAH)Storm surgenot inundated even at SSA4 (>5 m)UP NOAH Center / DOST-PAGASA (Project NOAH)Full hazard check →
El Niño outlook (province)
No PAGASA drought or dry flag for this province.El Niño readiness →

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