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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: Negros Oriental 2nd District Engineering Office awarded 27 of 27 recorded flood-control contracts (100.0%) at 99.5% or more of their Approved Budget for the Contract, versus 70.4% for flood-control contracts nationwide (29.6 percentage points higher; binomial p = 7.7e-05), across 11 contractors. Source: DPWH / Sumbong sa Pangulo contract records; each contract is listed below. This pattern may result from consistently competitive bidding or careful cost estimation.

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Negros Oriental 2nd District Engineering Office: contracts

27 of 27 contracts (100%) at ≥99.5% of ABC · peer baseline 70.4% · gap +29.6 pts · binomial p = 7.7e-5. Source: DPWH transparency portal and Sumbong sa Pangulo records (linked per contract).

ContractTitleContractor% of ABCSource
22HK0042Reconstruction of Ocoy River Control, Sibulan, Negros OrientalPHILSOUTH BUILDERS INC FORMERLY:PHILSOUTH BUILDERS100.00%DPWH
21HK0084Reconstruction/ Rehabilitation of Ocoy River Control, Calabnugan, Sibulan, Negros OrientalPHILSOUTH BUILDERS INC FORMERLY:PHILSOUTH BUILDERS100.00%DPWH
23HK0059Rehabilitation of Tanjay River Control, Pamplona Section, Simborio, Pamplona, Negros OrientalPHILSOUTH BUILDERS INC FORMERLY:PHILSOUTH BUILDERS100.00%DPWH
22HK0084Construction of Flood Mitigation Structure (Shore Protection), Barangay Calindagan (from the mouth of Banica River) to Barangay Mangnao, Dumaguete City, Negros SUPREME MEGA STRUCTURE BUILDERS INC / SYNDTITE CONST CORP FORMERLY: R C TAGALA CONST100.00%DPWH
23HK0120Rehabilitation of Lala-an Seawall, Barangay Sto. Niño, San Jose, Negros OrientalUY CONDEV CORP FORMERLY:UY CONST &100.00%DPWH
23HK0063Construction of Tamogong River Control, Bais City, Negros OrientalPHILSOUTH BUILDERS INC FORMERLY:PHILSOUTH BUILDERS100.00%DPWH
23HK0104Construction of Banica River Control, Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental (Phase 1)UY CONDEV CORP FORMERLY:UY CONST &100.00%DPWH
22HK0030Construction of Drainage Canal, Barangay Banilad, Dumaguete City, Negros OrientalASHLEYKA CONST AND SUPPLIES100.00%DPWH
24HK0106Construction of Tanjay River Control Structure, Tanjay City, Negros OrientalQM BUILDERS100.00%DPWH
22HK0043Reconstruction of Tamogong River Control, Bais City, Negros OrientalPHILSOUTH BUILDERS INC FORMERLY:PHILSOUTH BUILDERS100.00%DPWH
23HK0070Rehabilitation of Lumbangan River Control, Mabinay, Negros OrientalPHILSOUTH BUILDERS INC FORMERLY:PHILSOUTH BUILDERS100.00%DPWH
23HK0090Flood Management Program - Rehabilitation of Tanjay River Control, Pamplona Section, Simborio, Pamplona, Negros OrientalPHILSOUTH BUILDERS INC FORMERLY:PHILSOUTH BUILDERS100.00%DPWH
24HK0059Construction of Calabnugan CIS Flood/Slope Protection Works/ River Sill, Sibulan, Negros OrientalASHLEYKA CONST AND SUPPLIES100.00%DPWH
24HK0050Construction of Flood Control Dike, Barangay Panalaan, Bais City, Negros OrientalPHILSOUTH BUILDERS INC FORMERLY:PHILSOUTH BUILDERS100.00%DPWH
22HK0085Construction of Shore Protection, Brgy. Ajong, Sibulan, Negros OrientalLEGACY CONST CORP FORMERLY: LEGACY CONST100.00%DPWH
22HK0045Construction of Tanjay River Control, Tanjay City, Negros OrientalLEGACY CONST CORP FORMERLY: LEGACY CONST / MIGHTY HOK SUMMIT CONST & DEVELOPMENT CORP100.00%DPWH
23HK0062Rehabilitation of Ocoy River Control, Magatas, Sibulan, Negros OrientalPHILSOUTH BUILDERS INC FORMERLY:PHILSOUTH BUILDERS100.00%DPWH
21HK0085Construction of Ocoy River Control, Calabnugan, Sibulan, Negros OrientalPHILSOUTH BUILDERS INC FORMERLY:PHILSOUTH BUILDERS100.00%DPWH
23HK0060Rehabilitation of Tamogong River Control, Bais City, Negros OrientalPHILSOUTH BUILDERS INC FORMERLY:PHILSOUTH BUILDERS100.00%DPWH
23HK0091Flood Management Program - Rehabilitation of Bio-os River Control, Amlan, Negros OrientalPHILSOUTH BUILDERS INC FORMERLY:PHILSOUTH BUILDERS100.00%DPWH
21HK0083Reconstruction/ Rehabilitation of Tanjay River Control, Datagon And Balayong Pamplona Section, Negros OrientalUY CONDEV CORP FORMERLY:UY CONST &100.00%DPWH
23HK0057Construction of Shore Protection/Seawall, Brgy. 4, Tanjay City, Negros OrientalD K JOCSON CONST100.00%DPWH
23HK0061Construction of Namangyan River Control, Mabinay, Negros OrientalMIGHTY HOK SUMMIT CONST & DEVELOPMENT CORP100.00%DPWH
23HK0053Construction of Banica River Control, Junob, Dumaguete City, Negros OrientalASHLEYKA CONST AND SUPPLIES100.00%DPWH
22HK0089Repair/Rehabilitation of Cogon Flood Control, Barangay San Jose, Tanjay City, Negros OrientalR E SINGSON CONST AND DEVELOPMENT INC FORMERLY: R E SINGSON CONST100.00%DPWH
22HK0044Reconstruction of Tugas-Polo Seawall, Tanjay City, Negros OrientalQM BUILDERS100.00%DPWH
23HK0044Construction of Drainage Canal, Barangay Boloc-boloc, Sibulan, Negros Oriental8G CONST AND GEN SERVICES99.94%DPWH

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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.

Completion schedule is shown for project and contractor flags only.

Rule Definition

ContractCost / ABC ≥ 0.995 using metadata.abc and contract cost fields.

Triggering Data & citations

Implementing office awards near-ABC contracts far more often than the flood-control baseline

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  "threshold": 0.995,
  "binomialTailP": 0.00007666497635142192,
  "nearAbcRatePct": 100,
  "totalContracts": 27,
  "baselineRatePct": 70.4,
  "excessPctPoints": 29.6,
  "expectedNearAbc": 19,
  "baselineDefinition": "share of all Sumbong flood-control contracts awarded at ≥99.5% of ABC"
}