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: 91.6% of DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - CARAGA's 2023 PhilGEPS award value (₱145.59M of ₱158.90M) was awarded in December, versus a median of 19.9% in its other 4 years. This may be due to delayed budget releases or procurement processes that caused most awards to be finalized at year-end.
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Project completion
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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
92% of DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - CARAGA's 2023 PhilGEPS award value (₱145,590,150 of ₱158,902,752) was awarded in December; its median December share in its other 4 years is 20%.
{
"year": 2023,
"yearAwards": 47,
"yearValuePhp": 158902752.44,
"decemberSharePct": 91.6,
"decemberValuePhp": 145590149.6,
"officeMedianDecemberSharePct": 19.9
}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.
- This may be due to delayed budget releases or procurement processes that caused most awards to be finalized at year-end.