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 22OA0031 lists a cost of ₱9.79M, 0.48% above its Approved Budget for the Contract of ₱9.75M. Under RA 9184, awards normally may not exceed the ABC. This may be due to a data entry error or a post-bid adjustment that was not reflected in the ABC field.

Public record entityConstruction of Box-Culvert Drainage along C. Arellano St. (Sigwa St. to Sacristia Pumping Station), Malabon City

LocationCITY OF MALABON (METROPOLITAN MANILA), MALABON CITY, National Capital RegionContract 22OA0031

Amount₱9,793,953.08100.49% 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: 2021-11-03 · Maxar

After capture: 2025-04-25 · Vantor

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
Construction of Box-Culvert Drainage along C. Arellano St. (Sigwa St. to Sacristia Pumping Station), Malabon City22OA0031	100%	July 3, 2023	July 3, 2023	—	completedsumbong source

Start: February 14, 2022 · 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": "Malabon-Navotas District Engineering Office",
  "ratio": 1.0048543077957095,
  "abcPhp": 9746639.89,
  "threshold": 0.995,
  "contractId": "22OA0031",
  "contractor": "AL-REM KONSTRUCT INC",
  "contractCostPhp": 9793953.08
}

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 a data entry error or a post-bid adjustment that was not reflected in the ABC field.