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 24GF0026 was awarded at 99.89% of its ABC. Across its 22 recorded contracts, IBC INTERNATIONAL BUILDERS CORP was awarded at ≥99.5% of ABC 21 times (95.5%), versus 70.4% for flood-control contracts overall. This pattern may result from consistently precise cost estimates or competitive bidding that drives prices close to the ABC.

Public record entityConstruction of Jarao River Control and Revetment Structure, Guimbal, Iloilo

LocationGUIMBAL (ILOILO), ILOILO, Region VIContract 24GF0026

Amount₱49,445,882.1999.89% of approved budget (ABC) sumbong source

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Satellite before / after

Esri Wayback · ~0.5 mLocation approximate

Before capture: 2015-08-26 · Maxar

After capture: 2015-08-26 · Vantor

No imagery since construction began — latest capture 2015-08-26

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 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 (95.5%) of contracts awarded at or above 99.5% of ABC, compared to the flood-control baseline (70.4%). All required figures and record links are present and verifiable. Innocent explanations are possible but do not block publication.

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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 Jarao River Control and Revetment Structure, Guimbal, Iloilo24GF0026Flood control	100%	November 4, 2024	November 15, 2024	—	completedsumbong source

Start: April 8, 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": "Iloilo 1st District Engineering Office",
  "ratio": 0.9989067109090909,
  "abcPhp": 49500000,
  "threshold": 0.995,
  "contractId": "24GF0026",
  "contractor": "IBC INTERNATIONAL BUILDERS CORP",
  "contractCostPhp": 49445882.19
}

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