Indicator A1 — DepEd/DOH Award Far Above Office Peers

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DepEd/DOH Award Far Above Office Peers

A PhilGEPS award is at least 50× the median of the same office's awards in the same business category and year.

This is a statistical anomaly or indicator worth examining — not proof of wrongdoing, fraud, or corruption against any person.

Indicator: NATIONAL KIDNEY AND TRANSPLANT INSTITUTE awarded ₱42.77M to BIOSITE MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS for 'Prefilled Cartridge Viral RNA Extraction Kit' (2022-03-24), 322.3× the median of its 205 'Laboratory Supplies and Equipment' awards in 2022 (₱132,700). PhilGEPS records do not list quantities, so order size cannot be compared. The unusually high amount may reflect a bulk purchase or a specialized, high-cost kit not routinely procured.

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How this was checked

publish · confidence 0.95

Model: gpt-4.1

Prompt: agency-v1

Checked: October 22, 2026

The flagged award is for a 'Prefilled Cartridge Viral RNA Extraction Kit' at ₱42.77M, which is 322.3× the median of 205 peer awards in the same category and year. The title does not indicate a consolidated, annual, or framework procurement, nor does it describe a fundamentally different class of goods compared to the typical peer titles. The largest peer awards are also for specific kits or reagents, but none approach the flagged amount. The evidence is complete and meets the rule's strict criteria.

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Rule Definition

Compares each DepEd/DOH award with the median of the same procuring office, PhilGEPS business category and year (≥15 peer awards, award ≥₱20M). Reviewers reject cases where the title explains the scale (annual or consolidated supply, major equipment, works).

Triggering Data & citations

Award of ₱42,768,000 is 322× the median of the 205 'Laboratory Supplies and Equipment' awards by NATIONAL KIDNEY AND TRANSPLANT INSTITUTE in 2022 (₱132,700).

{
  "award": {
    "url": "/agency-awards/7fe18da4-1bd2-42c8-8dc9-27e5b2bc4fa0",
    "title": "Prefilled Cartridge Viral RNA Extraction Kit",
    "office": "NATIONAL KIDNEY AND TRANSPLANT INSTITUTE",
    "awardId": "7fe18da4-1bd2-42c8-8dc9-27e5b2bc4fa0",
    "awardee": "BIOSITE MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS",
    "amountPhp": 42768000,
    "awardDate": "2022-03-24",
    "referenceId": "2022-07-LAB-AD-4659-MM",
    "businessCategory": "Laboratory Supplies and Equipment"
  },
  "basis": "office_category_year",
  "peers": 205,
  "ratio": 322.3,
  "medianPhp": 132700
}

Source documents

philgeps — https://huggingface.co/datasets/bettergovph/philgeps-data/resolve/main/philgeps.parquetFetched October 21, 2026

Possible Innocent Explanations

A single consolidated or annual procurement can legitimately dwarf routine purchases in the same category.
The unusually high amount may reflect a bulk purchase or a specialized, high-cost kit not routinely procured.