Indicator A1 — DepEd/DOH Award Far Above Office Peers

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DepEd/DOH Award Far Above Office Peers

A PhilGEPS award is at least 50× the median of the same office's awards in the same business category and year.

This is a statistical anomaly or indicator worth examining — not proof of wrongdoing, fraud, or corruption against any person.

Indicator: GOVERNOR CELESTINO GALLARES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL awarded ₱73.61M to MEDICOTEK, INC. for 'RE-PROCESSING UNIT OF MEDICAL DEVICES (RUMED)' (2022-01-28), 76.0× the median of its 35 'Hospital / Medical Equipment' awards in 2022 (₱969,000). PhilGEPS records do not list quantities, so order size cannot be compared. This may reflect the high cost of specialized medical equipment compared to routine hospital items.

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How this was checked

publish · confidence 0.85

Model: gpt-4.1

Prompt: agency-v1

Checked: October 22, 2026

The award is 76× the median of 35 peer awards in the same business category and year, and the title does not indicate a consolidated, annual, or multi-lot procurement. The title 'RE-PROCESSING UNIT OF MEDICAL DEVICES (RUMED)' describes a specific equipment purchase, similar in form to the typical peer titles, which are mostly routine equipment. There is no evidence in the packet that this is a data artifact or a fundamentally different class of procurement (e.g., a hospital-wide system or a multi-year supply). The evidence is complete and meets the rule's requirements.

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Rule Definition

Compares each DepEd/DOH award with the median of the same procuring office, PhilGEPS business category and year (≥15 peer awards, award ≥₱20M). Reviewers reject cases where the title explains the scale (annual or consolidated supply, major equipment, works).

Triggering Data & citations

Award of ₱73,614,000 is 76× the median of the 35 'Hospital / Medical Equipment' awards by GOVERNOR CELESTINO GALLARES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL in 2022 (₱969,000).

{
  "award": {
    "url": "/agency-awards/96b9b3d3-75fd-464e-8a81-04fc75fa2e7c",
    "title": "RE-PROCESSING UNIT OF MEDICAL DEVICES (RUMED)",
    "office": "GOVERNOR CELESTINO GALLARES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL",
    "awardId": "96b9b3d3-75fd-464e-8a81-04fc75fa2e7c",
    "awardee": "MEDICOTEK, INC.",
    "amountPhp": 73614000,
    "awardDate": "2022-01-28",
    "referenceId": "2021-12-042",
    "businessCategory": "Hospital / Medical Equipment"
  },
  "basis": "office_category_year",
  "peers": 35,
  "ratio": 76,
  "medianPhp": 969000
}

Source documents

philgeps — https://huggingface.co/datasets/bettergovph/philgeps-data/resolve/main/philgeps.parquetFetched October 21, 2026

Possible Innocent Explanations

A single consolidated or annual procurement can legitimately dwarf routine purchases in the same category.
This may reflect the high cost of specialized medical equipment compared to routine hospital items.