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 24C00474 was awarded at 100.00% of its ABC. Across its 15 recorded contracts, TOPNOTCH CATALYST BUILDERS INC / ONE FRAME CONST INC was awarded at ≥99.5% of ABC 15 times (100.0%), versus 70.4% for flood-control contracts overall. It is possible that the bids were calculated to maximize the allowed budget without exceeding the legal limit.

Public record entityConstruction of Flood Mitigation Structure along Madlum River (Phase 3), Barangay Masalipit, San Miguel Bulacan

LocationSAN MIGUEL (BULACAN), BULACAN, Region IIIContract 24C00474

Amount₱96,499,350.30100.00% of approved budget (ABC) sumbong source

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Satellite before / after

Esri Wayback · ~0.5 mLocation approximate

Before capture: 2020-03-05 · Maxar

After capture: 2020-03-05 · Vantor

No imagery since construction began — latest capture 2020-03-05

Satellite comparison for public reference — not proof of completion or non-completion.

Imagery may not show small or linear works; no visible change is not evidence of wrongdoing.

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Caveats & resolution

Esri World Imagery Wayback (~0.5–1 m); dates are archive release dates, not capture timestamps.
Imagery may not show small or linear works; no visible change is not evidence of wrongdoing.
DPWH coordinates can be approximate; marker shows the imagery center (may be snapped to riverbank/coast).

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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 exactly 100.00% of the ABC, which is unusual and at the legal limit. The contractor has a perfect record (15/15) of winning contracts at or above 99.5% of ABC, which is much higher than the baseline for flood-control contracts (70.4%). All relevant figures and source URLs are present, and the evidence is sufficient for public review.

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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 Mitigation Structure along Madlum River (Phase 3), Barangay Masalipit, San Miguel Bulacan24C00474Flood control	100%	June 9, 2025	January 13, 2025	—	completedsumbong source

Start: July 15, 2024 · 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": "Bulacan 3rd District Engineering Office",
  "ratio": 1.0000014954527192,
  "abcPhp": 96499205.99,
  "threshold": 0.995,
  "contractId": "24C00474",
  "contractor": "TOPNOTCH CATALYST BUILDERS INC / ONE FRAME CONST INC",
  "contractCostPhp": 96499350.3
}

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