Indicator C5 — Pattern Consistent with Contract Splitting

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Pattern Consistent with Contract Splitting

Multiple similar contracts to the same contractor/DEO just under a threshold in a short window.

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

Indicator: 3 contracts awarded to LE BRON CONST by the same office started within 29 days, each between ₱42.5M and ₱50M (just under the ₱50M threshold), with 3 in the same municipality. It is possible that these are separate legitimate projects in different barangays or locations within Quezon City, each requiring its own contract.

Public record entityRehabilitation of Flood Control Structure of Villa Verde Creek, Barangay Sta. Monica, Quezon City

LocationQUEZON CITY (METROPOLITAN MANILA), QUEZON CITY, National Capital RegionContract 23OF0122

Amount₱49,499,890.92 sumbong source

Only contractors and government agencies named in public procurement records are shown. Private individuals are not named.

Satellite before / after

Esri Wayback · ~0.5 mLocation approximate

Before capture: 2021-02-02 · Maxar

After capture: 2025-04-25 · Vantor

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 0.95

Model: gpt-4.1

Prompt: v4

Checked: October 22, 2026

This is a textbook C5 case: three contracts, same contractor and DEO, all started within 29 days, each just under the ₱50M threshold, and all in the same municipality. The titles refer to different specific sites or structures within Quezon City, but C5 is designed to flag clusters of near-threshold contracts in one municipality regardless of whether the works are at different sites. There is no evidence of a data artifact.

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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
Rehabilitation of Flood Control Structure of Villa Verde Creek, Barangay Sta. Monica, Quezon City23OF0122Flood control	100%	January 29, 2024	December 18, 2023	—	completedsumbong source

Start: April 5, 2023 · Source fetched October 21, 2026

Rule Definition

≥3 contracts within 120 days, each 85–100% of ₱50M threshold, similar titles.

Triggering Data & citations

Cluster of contracts just under procurement threshold with similar scope

{
  "deo": "Quezon City 1st District Engineering Office",
  "contractId": "23OF0122",
  "contractor": "LE BRON CONST",
  "windowDays": 120,
  "clusterSize": 3,
  "thresholdPhp": 50000000,
  "contractCostPhp": 49499890.92,
  "averageTitleSimilarity": 0.7320151318554035
}

Source documents

sumbong — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rukku/sumbongsapangulo.ph-datasets/main/flood_control_projects.geojsonFetched October 21, 2026

Possible Innocent Explanations

Legitimate multi-lot procurement
Different sites under same program