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: DR. JOSE FABELLA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL awarded ₱25.31M to PENTAGON GAS CORPORATION for 'Compress Air' (2024-01-03), 99.5× the median of its 23 'Medical Supplies and Laboratory Instrument' awards in 2024 (₱254,272). PhilGEPS records do not list quantities, so order size cannot be compared. This contract may cover a large-scale or specialized installation or service for compressed air systems, which could be much more expensive than routine supply purchases.

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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 for 'Compress Air' is 99.5× the median of the hospital's other awards in the same category and year, and the title does not indicate a consolidated, annual, or framework purchase, nor does it describe a fundamentally different class of goods (e.g., major equipment or construction). The peer titles are all routine medical supplies, and the packet contains sufficient record links for public checking. The most plausible innocent explanation is that this contract may cover a large-scale or specialized installation/service related to compressed air systems, which could be much more expensive than routine supply purchases.

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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 ₱25,309,260 is 100× the median of the 23 'Medical Supplies and Laboratory Instrument' awards by DR. JOSE FABELLA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL in 2024 (₱254,272).

{
  "award": {
    "url": "/agency-awards/aefd9315-7eba-4a0b-981e-e1a8349113d2",
    "title": "Compress Air",
    "office": "DR. JOSE FABELLA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL",
    "awardId": "aefd9315-7eba-4a0b-981e-e1a8349113d2",
    "awardee": "PENTAGON GAS CORPORATION",
    "amountPhp": 25309260,
    "awardDate": "2024-01-03",
    "referenceId": "2024-13",
    "businessCategory": "Medical Supplies and Laboratory Instrument"
  },
  "basis": "office_category_year",
  "peers": 23,
  "ratio": 99.5,
  "medianPhp": 254272
}

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.