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 22CM0055 lists a cost of ₱9.90M, 1.02% above its Approved Budget for the Contract of ₱9.80M. Under RA 9184, awards normally may not exceed the ABC. This may be due to a data entry error or a post-award adjustment not reflected in the ABC.

Public record entityImprovement of Drainage System connecting National Highway, East Bajac-Bajac, Olongapo City, Zambales

LocationOLONGAPO CITY (ZAMBALES), ZAMBALES, Region IIIContract 22CM0055

Amount₱9,899,964.40101.02% 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 · ~0.5 m

Before capture: 2019-10-27 · Maxar

After capture: 2019-10-27 · Vantor

No imagery since construction began — latest capture 2019-10-27

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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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
Improvement of Drainage System connecting National Highway, East Bajac-Bajac, Olongapo City, Zambales22CM0055	100%	July 21, 2022	July 21, 2022	—	completedsumbong source

Start: March 24, 2022 · 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": "Zambales 2nd District Engineering Office",
  "ratio": 1.0102089965846937,
  "abcPhp": 9799917.08,
  "threshold": 0.995,
  "contractId": "22CM0055",
  "contractor": "ALFEL CONST CORP",
  "contractCostPhp": 9899964.4
}

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 a data entry error or a post-award adjustment not reflected in the ABC.