December Award Spike
At least half of an office's yearly PhilGEPS award value was awarded in December, at least twice its usual December share.
This is a statistical anomaly or indicator worth examining — not proof of wrongdoing, fraud, or corruption against any person.
Indicator: 64.3% of DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - CENTER FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT BICOL's 2019 PhilGEPS award value (₱180.81M of ₱281.09M) was awarded in December, versus a median of 20.2% in its other 6 years. Year-end procurement spikes can occur due to late budget releases or the need to obligate funds before year-end.
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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
Requires ≥₱20M awarded in December, ≥30 awards that year and ≥5 years of office history; compared with the office's own median December share.
Triggering Data & citations
64% of DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - CENTER FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT BICOL's 2019 PhilGEPS award value (₱180,811,898 of ₱281,094,216) was awarded in December; its median December share in its other 6 years is 20%.
{
"year": 2019,
"yearAwards": 425,
"yearValuePhp": 281094216.25,
"decemberSharePct": 64.3,
"decemberValuePhp": 180811897.82,
"officeMedianDecemberSharePct": 20.2
}Source documents
Possible Innocent Explanations
- Year-end awarding is common in the Philippine budget cycle (late releases, obligating before appropriations lapse); this flags only offices far above their own norm.