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: WESTERN VISAYAS MEDICAL CENTER awarded ₱27.25M to HEALTH-TECH MEDICAL INC. for 'Gloves' (2019-01-21), 209.6× the median of its 315 'Medical Supplies and Laboratory Instrument' awards in 2019 (₱130,000). PhilGEPS records do not list quantities, so order size cannot be compared. The large amount may reflect a bulk or annual purchase, but the title does not specify this.

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publish · confidence 0.93

Model: gpt-4.1

Prompt: agency-v1

Checked: October 22, 2026

The award for 'Gloves' is 209.6× the median of 315 peer awards in the same category and year, with no distinguishing marker in the title to explain the scale (e.g., no mention of annual/consolidated/multi-year supply, no indication of a framework agreement, and the title is generic). The largest peer awards are for other specific medical supplies, not for gloves, and are significantly smaller. The packet contains all necessary records and URLs for public checking.

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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.

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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 ₱27,251,017 is 210× the median of the 315 'Medical Supplies and Laboratory Instrument' awards by WESTERN VISAYAS MEDICAL CENTER in 2019 (₱130,000).

{
  "award": {
    "url": "/agency-awards/76efba3a-e929-4ef9-ac7a-19cf5b60947e",
    "title": "Gloves",
    "office": "WESTERN VISAYAS MEDICAL CENTER",
    "awardId": "76efba3a-e929-4ef9-ac7a-19cf5b60947e",
    "awardee": "HEALTH-TECH MEDICAL INC.",
    "amountPhp": 27251016.72,
    "awardDate": "2019-01-21",
    "referenceId": "2019-0129JE",
    "businessCategory": "Medical Supplies and Laboratory Instrument"
  },
  "basis": "office_category_year",
  "peers": 315,
  "ratio": 209.6,
  "medianPhp": 130000
}

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 large amount may reflect a bulk or annual purchase, but the title does not specify this.