Indicator C5 — Contract Splitting Pattern

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Contract Splitting Pattern

Multiple similar contracts to the same contractor/DEO just under a threshold in a short window.

This is a statistical anomaly or indicator worth examining — not proof of wrongdoing, fraud, or corruption against any person.

Indicator: 6 contracts awarded to RAMARPLUS INC FORMERLY RAMAR ENT by the same office started within 0 days, each between ₱42.5M and ₱50M (just under the ₱50M threshold), with 4 in the same municipality. It is possible that these are separate legitimate projects in different locations within the same municipality, each requiring its own contract.

Public record entityRehabilitation of Marocmoc Bridge Flood Control Structure (Right Side Facing Upstream and Left Side Facing Downstream of Marocmoc Bridge) in Libon, Albay

LocationLIBON (ALBAY), ALBAY, Region VContract 22FO0057

Amount₱44,100,000.00 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 mLocation approximate

Before capture: 2019-10-03 · Maxar

After capture: 2019-10-03 · Vantor

No imagery since construction began — latest capture 2019-10-03

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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How this was checked

publish · confidence 0.98

Model: gpt-4.1

Prompt: v4

Checked: October 22, 2026

This is a textbook C5 case: six contracts, all just under the ₱50M threshold, awarded to the same contractor by the same DEO, all started on the same day, with four in the same municipality. The titles clearly refer to different structures, rivers, or barangays, but C5 is designed to flag clusters of near-threshold contracts in one municipality, regardless of whether the works are at different sites. There is no data artifact or false positive here.

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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
Rehabilitation of Marocmoc Bridge Flood Control Structure (Right Side Facing Upstream and Left Side Facing Downstream of Marocmoc Bridge) in Libon, Albay22FO0057Flood control	100%	December 31, 2022	December 16, 2022	—	completedsumbong source

Start: March 22, 2022 · Source fetched October 21, 2026

Rule Definition

≥3 contracts within 120 days, each 85–100% of ₱50M threshold, similar titles.

Triggering Data & citations

Cluster of contracts just under procurement threshold with similar scope

{
  "deo": "Albay 3rd District Engineering Office",
  "contractId": "22FO0057",
  "contractor": "RAMARPLUS INC FORMERLY RAMAR ENT",
  "windowDays": 120,
  "clusterSize": 6,
  "thresholdPhp": 50000000,
  "contractCostPhp": 44100000,
  "averageTitleSimilarity": 0.7727657825766012
}

Source documents

sumbong — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rukku/sumbongsapangulo.ph-datasets/main/flood_control_projects.geojsonFetched October 21, 2026

Possible Innocent Explanations

Legitimate multi-lot procurement
Different sites under same program