December Award Spike
At least half of an office's yearly PhilGEPS award value was awarded in December, at least twice its usual December share.
This is a statistical anomaly or indicator worth examining — not proof of wrongdoing, fraud, or corruption against any person.
Indicator: 71.9% of DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - REGION V's 2017 PhilGEPS award value (₱189.89M of ₱263.96M) was awarded in December, versus a median of 4.0% in its other 9 years. This may be due to year-end budget deadlines or late procurement processes causing many awards to be finalized in December.
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Project completion
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Rule Definition
Requires ≥₱20M awarded in December, ≥30 awards that year and ≥5 years of office history; compared with the office's own median December share.
Triggering Data & citations
72% of DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - REGION V's 2017 PhilGEPS award value (₱189,889,965 of ₱263,955,639) was awarded in December; its median December share in its other 9 years is 4%.
{
"year": 2017,
"yearAwards": 37,
"yearValuePhp": 263955638.99,
"decemberSharePct": 71.9,
"decemberValuePhp": 189889965.44,
"officeMedianDecemberSharePct": 4
}Source documents
Possible Innocent Explanations
- Year-end awarding is common in the Philippine budget cycle (late releases, obligating before appropriations lapse); this flags only offices far above their own norm.
- This may be due to year-end budget deadlines or late procurement processes causing many awards to be finalized in December.