Indicator C2 — Bid-Ceiling Hugging

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Bid-Ceiling Hugging

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 24HE0051 was awarded at 100.00% of its ABC. Across its 88 recorded contracts, QM BUILDERS was awarded at ≥99.5% of ABC 84 times (95.5%), versus 70.4% for flood-control contracts overall. It is possible that only one bidder participated, resulting in an award at the ABC.

Public record entityConstruction of Flood Control along Mananga River (Right Side) at Sitio Tigib, Barangay Lagtang, Talisay City, Cebu (Package 2)

LocationCITY OF TALISAY (CEBU), CEBU, Region VIIContract 24HE0051

Amount₱144,750,000.00100.00% 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 · ~0.31 mLocation approximate

Before capture: 2023-04-06 · Maxar

After capture: 2025-01-18 · Vantor

No post-completion imagery yet — the newest available capture predates the reported completion date.

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

The contract was awarded at exactly 100% of the ABC, which is unusual and meets the rule's threshold. The contractor has a very high rate (95.5%) of contracts awarded at or above 99.5% of ABC, much higher than the baseline for flood-control contracts (70.4%). All relevant figures and source URLs are present, and the evidence is sufficient for public review.

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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 Flood Control along Mananga River (Right Side) at Sitio Tigib, Barangay Lagtang, Talisay City, Cebu (Package 2)24HE0051Flood control	100%	April 10, 2025	April 10, 2025	—	completedsumbong source

Start: February 20, 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": "Cebu 1st District Engineering Office",
  "ratio": 1,
  "abcPhp": 144750000,
  "threshold": 0.995,
  "contractId": "24HE0051",
  "contractor": "QM BUILDERS",
  "contractCostPhp": 144750000
}

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