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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 24AA0254 was awarded at 100.00% of its ABC. Across its 22 recorded contracts, BJMJB CONST & SUPPLY was awarded at ≥99.5% of ABC 21 times (95.5%), versus 70.4% for flood-control contracts overall. This may be due to precise cost estimation or rounding to match the ABC exactly.

Public record entityConstruction of Flood Control Structure Along Bislak River, Barangay 34, Bacarra, Ilocos Norte
LocationBACARRA (ILOCOS NORTE), ILOCOS NORTE, Region IContract 24AA0254
Amount₱48,999,740.13100.00% of approved budget (ABC) sumbong source

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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
ProjectProg.Target endActual endDays lateStatus
Construction of Flood Control Structure Along Bislak River, Barangay 34, Bacarra, Ilocos Norte24AA0254Flood control100%August 31, 2024August 27, 2024No target date from DPWH, so lateness cannot be computedcompletedsumbong source

Start: February 13, 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": "Ilocos Norte 1st District Engineering Office",
  "ratio": 0.999999942244595,
  "abcPhp": 48999742.96,
  "threshold": 0.995,
  "contractId": "24AA0254",
  "contractor": "BJMJB CONST & SUPPLY",
  "contractCostPhp": 48999740.13
}

Possible Innocent Explanations

  • Accurate cost estimating
  • Single qualified bid at market rate
  • ABC set equal to engineer’s estimate
  • This may be due to precise cost estimation or rounding to match the ABC exactly.

Connected records

Where this project sits

Place (PSGC)
Region I (Ilocos Region)Ilocos NorteBacarraCabaruan
Storms whose wind field reached it
Peilou 2026Noul 2026Fung-Wong 2025Matmo 2025Ragasa 2025
Hazard exposure
Active fault10.1 km to mapped traceGEM Foundation (Philippines catalogue within GEM Global Active Faults)Flood (100-yr rain)mediumUP NOAH Center / DOST-PAGASA (Project NOAH)Landslideoutside mapped landslide zonesUP NOAH Center / UP NIGS (Project NOAH)Storm surgenot inundated even at SSA4 (>5 m)UP NOAH Center / DOST-PAGASA (Project NOAH)Full hazard check →
El Niño outlook (province)
No PAGASA drought or dry flag for this province.El Niño readiness →

Exposure to a storm, hazard or drought outlook is context, not a finding about the project.