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 22CC0143 was awarded at 100.00% of its ABC. Across its 48 recorded contracts, TOPNOTCH CATALYST BUILDERS INC was awarded at ≥99.5% of ABC 45 times (93.8%), versus 70.4% for flood-control contracts overall. This may be due to highly competitive bidding where the winning bid matches the ABC exactly.

Public record entityRehabilitation of Flood Control Structure along Angat River, Parulan Section, Sta. 0 + 000 to Sta. 0 + 353.60, Plaridel, Bulacan

LocationPLARIDEL (BULACAN), BULACAN, Region IIIContract 22CC0143

Amount₱48,998,995.93100.00% of approved budget (ABC) sumbong source

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Satellite before / after

Esri Wayback · ~0.5 mLocation approximate

Before capture: 2018-02-25 · Maxar

After capture: 2025-04-20 · Vantor

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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How this was checked

publish · confidence 0.98

Model: gpt-4.1

Prompt: v4

Checked: October 22, 2026

The contract was awarded at exactly 100% of the ABC, which is highly unusual and meets the rule's threshold. The contractor has a much higher rate of near-ABC awards than the baseline, and all relevant figures and record links are present. Innocent explanations are possible (e.g., competitive bidding driving prices up to the ABC), but this does not negate the anomaly.

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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
Rehabilitation of Flood Control Structure along Angat River, Parulan Section, Sta. 0 + 000 to Sta. 0 + 353.60, Plaridel, Bulacan22CC0143Flood control	100%	May 13, 2023	May 13, 2023	—	completedsumbong source

Start: February 18, 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": "Bulacan 1st District Engineering Office",
  "ratio": 0.9999897637725774,
  "abcPhp": 48999497.5,
  "threshold": 0.995,
  "contractId": "22CC0143",
  "contractor": "TOPNOTCH CATALYST BUILDERS INC",
  "contractCostPhp": 48998995.93
}

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 highly competitive bidding where the winning bid matches the ABC exactly.