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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 23H00070 was awarded at 100.00% of its ABC. Across its 32 recorded contracts, QUIRANTE CONST CORP FORMERLY: QUIRANTE CONST was awarded at ≥99.5% of ABC 31 times (96.9%), versus 70.4% for flood-control contracts overall. This may be due to highly competitive bidding or precise cost estimation.

Public record entityConstruction of Flood Control Structure along Bawo River, Catmon-Side, Catmon, Cebu
LocationCATMON (CEBU), CEBU, Region VIIContract 23H00070
Amount₱77,199,721.33100.00% of approved budget (ABC) sumbong source

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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
ProjectProg.Target endActual endDays lateStatus
Construction of Flood Control Structure along Bawo River, Catmon-Side, Catmon, Cebu23H00070Flood control100%January 21, 2024December 11, 2023No target date from DPWH, so lateness cannot be computedcompletedsumbong source

Start: April 18, 2023 · 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": "Cebu 5th District Engineering Office",
  "ratio": 0.9999963902849741,
  "abcPhp": 77200000,
  "threshold": 0.995,
  "contractId": "23H00070",
  "contractor": "QUIRANTE CONST CORP FORMERLY: QUIRANTE CONST",
  "contractCostPhp": 77199721.33
}

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 or precise cost estimation.

Connected records

Where this project sits

Place (PSGC)
Region VII (Central Visayas)CebuCatmonSan Jose Pob.
Storms whose wind field reached it
Koto 2025Kalmaegi 2025Bualoi 2025
Hazard exposure
Active fault23.4 km to mapped traceGEM Foundation (Philippines catalogue within GEM Global Active Faults)Flood (100-yr rain)highUP NOAH Center / DOST-PAGASA (Project NOAH)Landslideoutside mapped landslide zonesUP NOAH Center / UP NIGS (Project NOAH)Storm surgenot inundated even at SSA4 (>5 m)UP NOAH Center / DOST-PAGASA (Project NOAH)Full hazard check →
El Niño outlook (province)
No PAGASA drought or dry flag for this province.El Niño readiness →

Exposure to a storm, hazard or drought outlook is context, not a finding about the project.