Awards Clustered Just Under the Small Value Procurement Ceiling
3+ awards from one office to one supplier within 30 days, each 85–100% of the SVP ceiling, combined above it.
This is a statistical anomaly or indicator worth examining — not proof of wrongdoing, fraud, or corruption against any person.
Indicator: 4 awards from JOSE B. LINGAD MEMORIAL GENERAL HOSPITAL to MERLYN MEAT SHOP between 2024-08-06 and 2024-09-04 were each between 85% and 100% of the ₱1.00M Small Value Procurement ceiling then in force (2016 Revised IRR of RA 9184, Annex H), totalling ₱4.00M. Worth checking whether they were separate requirements. The hospital may have had separate, urgent needs for different types of meat or for different patient groups, leading to multiple purchases in a short period.
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Project completion
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Rule Definition
SVP ceiling in force on the award date: ₱500,000 (2009 IRR of RA 9184, Annex H), ₱1,000,000 (2016 Revised IRR, Annex H), ₱2,000,000 (IRR of RA 12009, Sec. 34). Splitting contracts to avoid competitive bidding is prohibited under the IRR.
Triggering Data & citations
4 awards from JOSE B. LINGAD MEMORIAL GENERAL HOSPITAL to MERLYN MEAT SHOP between 2024-08-06 and 2024-09-04, each between 85% and 100% of the ₱1,000,000 Small Value Procurement ceiling, totalling ₱3,999,560.
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"awards": [
{
"url": "/agency-awards/39a12900-f913-4182-8b77-dfdf58a9f7f3",
"title": "Chicken, not frozen, cut according to order",
"office": "JOSE B. LINGAD MEMORIAL GENERAL HOSPITAL",
"awardId": "39a12900-f913-4182-8b77-dfdf58a9f7f3",
"awardee": "MERLYN MEAT SHOP",
"amountPhp": 999840,
"awardDate": "2024-08-06",
"referenceId": "349-2024BAC",
"businessCategory": "Food Stuff"
},
{
"url": "/agency-awards/79fcd061-c25e-43d6-a85a-8b1f267b6b75",
"title": "Pork Lean Meat",
"office": "JOSE B. LINGAD MEMORIAL GENERAL HOSPITAL",
"awardId": "79fcd061-c25e-43d6-a85a-8b1f267b6b75",
"awardee": "MERLYN MEAT SHOP",
"amountPhp": 999940,
"awardDate": "2024-08-07",
"referenceId": "357-2024",
"businessCategory": "Food Stuff"
},
{
"url": "/agency-awards/336a743d-e0ec-4e31-babf-8c8d2d02b6a2",
"title": "Lean Meat (Pork) , fresh, no skin, slice according",
"office": "JOSE B. LINGAD MEMORIAL GENERAL HOSPITAL",
"awardId": "336a743d-e0ec-4e31-babf-8c8d2d02b6a2",
"awardee": "MERLYN MEAT SHOP",
"amountPhp": 999940,
"awardDate": "2024-09-04",
"referenceId": "389-2024BAC",
"businessCategory": "Food Stuff"
},
{
"url": "/agency-awards/a4765e27-a5b4-469e-ba09-f0ed6c5a4d2f",
"title": "Chicken, not frozen, cut according to order",
"office": "JOSE B. LINGAD MEMORIAL GENERAL HOSPITAL",
"awardId": "a4765e27-a5b4-469e-ba09-f0ed6c5a4d2f",
"awardee": "MERLYN MEAT SHOP",
"amountPhp": 999840,
"awardDate": "2024-09-04",
"referenceId": "390-2024BAC",
"businessCategory": "Food Stuff"
}
],
"totalPhp": 3999560,
"ceilingPhp": 1000000,
"ceilingUrl": "https://www.gppb.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Updated-2016-Revised-IRR-of-RA-No.-9184-as-of-19-July-2024.pdf",
"windowDays": 30,
"ceilingCitation": "2016 Revised IRR of RA 9184, Annex H — SVP ceiling ₱1,000,000 for NGAs"
}Source documents
Possible Innocent Explanations
- Separate requisitions from different schools/units or recurring needs can fall near the ceiling legitimately; splitting is prohibited only when done to avoid competitive bidding.