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 24GM0014 was awarded at 100.00% of its ABC. Across its 33 recorded contracts, JAIME B CHING ENT was awarded at ≥99.5% of ABC 32 times (97.0%), versus 70.4% for flood-control contracts overall. Contractors may bid close to the ABC to maximize their chances of winning while staying within legal limits.

Public record entityConstruction of Flood Mitigation Structure along Hilabangan River (Upstream of Approach B of Hilabangan Br.) Phase 2, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental

LocationCITY OF KABANKALAN (NEGROS OCCIDENTAL), NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Region VIContract 24GM0014

Amount₱125,450,000.00100.00% of approved budget (ABC) sumbong source

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Satellite before / after

Esri Wayback · ~0.31 mLocation approximate

Before capture: 2023-04-13 · Maxar

After capture: 2025-08-09 · Vantor

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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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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 Hilabangan River (Upstream of Approach B of Hilabangan Br.) Phase 2, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental24GM0014Flood control	100%	November 14, 2024	October 22, 2024	—	completedsumbong source

Start: February 22, 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": "Negros Occidental 3rd District Engineering Office",
  "ratio": 1,
  "abcPhp": 125450000,
  "threshold": 0.995,
  "contractId": "24GM0014",
  "contractor": "JAIME B CHING ENT",
  "contractCostPhp": 125450000
}

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