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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 24A00461 was awarded at 100.00% of its ABC. Across its 44 recorded contracts, MG SAMIDAN CONST was awarded at ≥99.5% of ABC 42 times (95.5%), versus 70.4% for flood-control contracts overall. This may reflect highly competitive bidding or precise cost estimation.

Public record entityConstruction of Flood Control Riverbank Structure along Ingalera and Allied Rivers, Package 2, Villasis, Pangasinan
LocationVILLASIS (PANGASINAN), PANGASINAN, Region IContract 24A00461
Amount₱48,249,559.60100.00% 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 Flood Control Riverbank Structure along Ingalera and Allied Rivers, Package 2, Villasis, Pangasinan24A00461Flood control100%October 16, 2024July 15, 2024No target date from DPWH, so lateness cannot be computedcompletedsumbong source

Start: April 26, 2024 · 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": "Pangasinan 3rd District Engineering Office",
  "ratio": 0.9999908725388601,
  "abcPhp": 48250000,
  "threshold": 0.995,
  "contractId": "24A00461",
  "contractor": "MG SAMIDAN CONST",
  "contractCostPhp": 48249559.6
}

Possible Innocent Explanations

  • Accurate cost estimating
  • Single qualified bid at market rate
  • ABC set equal to engineer’s estimate
  • This may reflect highly competitive bidding or precise cost estimation.

Connected records

Where this project sits

Place (PSGC)
Region I (Ilocos Region)PangasinanVillasisZone V
Storms whose wind field reached it
Fung-Wong 2025Fengshen 2025Matmo 2025Kajiki 2025Co-May 2025
Hazard exposure
Active fault20.4 km to mapped traceGEM Foundation (Philippines catalogue within GEM Global Active Faults)Flood (100-yr rain)outside mapped flood zonesUP 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.