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 23CC0186 was awarded at 100.00% of its ABC. Across its 14 recorded contracts, SYMS CONST TRADING was awarded at ≥99.5% of ABC 14 times (100.0%), versus 70.4% for flood-control contracts overall. This may be due to highly competitive bidding or precise cost estimation.

Public record entityConstruction of Flood Mitigation Structure, Brgy. San Jose, Calumpit, Bulacan

LocationCALUMPIT (BULACAN), BULACAN, Region IIIContract 23CC0186

Amount₱24,499,119.13100.00% of approved budget (ABC) sumbong source

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Satellite before / after

Esri Wayback · ~0.5 mLocation approximate

Before capture: 2022-05-12 · Maxar

After capture: 2025-02-03 · Vantor

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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 Flood Mitigation Structure, Brgy. San Jose, Calumpit, Bulacan23CC0186Flood control	100%	September 16, 2023	September 16, 2023	—	completedsumbong source

Start: March 21, 2023 · 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": "Bulacan 1st District Engineering Office",
  "ratio": 0.9999753674762216,
  "abcPhp": 24499722.62,
  "threshold": 0.995,
  "contractId": "23CC0186",
  "contractor": "SYMS CONST TRADING",
  "contractCostPhp": 24499119.13
}

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 highly competitive bidding or precise cost estimation.