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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 23BH0189 was awarded at 99.97% of its ABC. Across its 33 recorded contracts, JWU CONST AND SUPPLY was awarded at ≥99.5% of ABC 33 times (100.0%), versus 70.4% for flood-control contracts overall. This pattern may result from consistently competitive bidding or the contractor's accurate cost estimation.

Public record entityConstruction of Flood Control Structure, Brgy. Sinnipil, Cauayan City, Isabela
LocationCITY OF CAUAYAN (ISABELA), ISABELA, Region IIContract 23BH0189
Amount₱74,228,232.7699.97% 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, Brgy. Sinnipil, Cauayan City, Isabela23BH0189Flood control100%February 15, 2024August 30, 2023No target date from DPWH, so lateness cannot be computedcompletedsumbong source

Start: May 30, 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": "Isabela 4th District Engineering Office",
  "ratio": 0.9997068385185186,
  "abcPhp": 74250000,
  "threshold": 0.995,
  "contractId": "23BH0189",
  "contractor": "JWU CONST AND SUPPLY",
  "contractCostPhp": 74228232.76
}

Possible Innocent Explanations

  • Accurate cost estimating
  • Single qualified bid at market rate
  • ABC set equal to engineer’s estimate

Connected records

Where this project sits

Place (PSGC)
Region II (Cagayan Valley)IsabelaCity of CauayanSinippil
Storms whose wind field reached it
Peilou 2026Fung-Wong 2025Matmo 2025Ragasa 2025Mitag 2025
Hazard exposure
Active fault26.0 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)
Dry conditions likelyPAGASA · 2026-10-07El Niño readiness →

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