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 23HN0128 was awarded at 99.89% 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. Contractors may bid close to the ABC to remain competitive, especially if the ABC is set at a realistic market value.

Public record entityConstruction of Flood Control Structure along Butuanon River Upstream, Barangay Maguikay, Mandaue City, Cebu

LocationMANDAUE CITY (CEBU), CEBU, Region VIIContract 23HN0128

Amount₱96,398,888.0099.90% of approved budget (ABC) sumbong source

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Satellite before / after

Esri Wayback · ~0.46 mLocation approximate

Before capture: 2022-06-27 · Maxar

After capture: 2026-02-04 · Vantor

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Caveats & resolution

Esri World Imagery Wayback (~0.5–1 m); dates are archive release dates, not capture timestamps.
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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 99.89% of its ABC, which is above the 99.5% threshold and very close to the legal maximum. The contractor has an unusually high rate (96.9%) of contracts awarded at or above this threshold, compared to the baseline for flood-control contracts (70.4%). All required figures and record links are present, and the indicator is clearly described and checkable.

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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
Construction of Flood Control Structure along Butuanon River Upstream, Barangay Maguikay, Mandaue City, Cebu23HN0128Flood control	100%	April 12, 2024	November 29, 2023	No target date from DPWH, so lateness cannot be computed	completedsumbong source

Start: May 12, 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 6th District Engineering Office",
  "ratio": 0.998952207253886,
  "abcPhp": 96500000,
  "threshold": 0.995,
  "contractId": "23HN0128",
  "contractor": "QUIRANTE CONST CORP FORMERLY: QUIRANTE CONST",
  "contractCostPhp": 96398888
}

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