Awards Clustered Just Under the Small Value Procurement Ceiling
3+ awards from one office to one supplier within 30 days, each 85–100% of the SVP ceiling, combined above it.
This is a statistical anomaly or indicator worth examining — not proof of wrongdoing, fraud, or corruption against any person.
Indicator: 3 awards from CONRADO F. ESTRELLA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER AND TRAUMA CENTE to GOODMAN MERCA OFFICE AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES TRADING between 2024-06-20 and 2024-07-10 were each between 85% and 100% of the ₱1.00M Small Value Procurement ceiling then in force (2016 Revised IRR of RA 9184, Annex H), totalling ₱2.97M. Worth checking whether they were separate requirements. It is possible that the office had separate, urgent needs for office and janitorial supplies that happened to be procured close together.
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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.
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Rule Definition
SVP ceiling in force on the award date: ₱500,000 (2009 IRR of RA 9184, Annex H), ₱1,000,000 (2016 Revised IRR, Annex H), ₱2,000,000 (IRR of RA 12009, Sec. 34). Splitting contracts to avoid competitive bidding is prohibited under the IRR.
Triggering Data & citations
3 awards from CONRADO F. ESTRELLA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER AND TRAUMA CENTE to GOODMAN MERCA OFFICE AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES TRADING between 2024-06-20 and 2024-07-10, each between 85% and 100% of the ₱1,000,000 Small Value Procurement ceiling, totalling ₱2,971,028.
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{
"url": "/agency-awards/ffb33412-48e6-4675-8f31-c2d1309f3fd4",
"title": "1 LOT VARIOUS OFFICE AND JANITORIAL SUPPLIES",
"office": "CONRADO F. ESTRELLA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER AND TRAUMA CENTE",
"awardId": "ffb33412-48e6-4675-8f31-c2d1309f3fd4",
"awardee": "GOODMAN MERCA OFFICE AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES TRADING",
"amountPhp": 982736,
"awardDate": "2024-06-20",
"referenceId": "SV2024-06-089",
"businessCategory": "Office Equipment Supplies and Consumables"
},
{
"url": "/agency-awards/220960b5-da59-48ff-898d-48322bcc2951",
"title": "1 Lot Various Office and Janitorial Supplies",
"office": "CONRADO F. ESTRELLA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER AND TRAUMA CENTE",
"awardId": "220960b5-da59-48ff-898d-48322bcc2951",
"awardee": "GOODMAN MERCA OFFICE AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES TRADING",
"amountPhp": 998492,
"awardDate": "2024-06-24",
"referenceId": "SV2024-06-098",
"businessCategory": "Office Supplies and Devices"
},
{
"url": "/agency-awards/4e3df105-693d-4641-afb6-e2f5ec93fcb1",
"title": "1 LOT VARIOUS OFFICE AND JANITORIAL SUPPLIES",
"office": "CONRADO F. ESTRELLA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER AND TRAUMA CENTE",
"awardId": "4e3df105-693d-4641-afb6-e2f5ec93fcb1",
"awardee": "GOODMAN MERCA OFFICE AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES TRADING",
"amountPhp": 989800,
"awardDate": "2024-07-10",
"referenceId": "SV2024-07-132",
"businessCategory": "Office Supplies and Devices"
}
],
"totalPhp": 2971028,
"ceilingPhp": 1000000,
"ceilingUrl": "https://www.gppb.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Updated-2016-Revised-IRR-of-RA-No.-9184-as-of-19-July-2024.pdf",
"windowDays": 30,
"ceilingCitation": "2016 Revised IRR of RA 9184, Annex H — SVP ceiling ₱1,000,000 for NGAs"
}Source documents
Possible Innocent Explanations
- Separate requisitions from different schools/units or recurring needs can fall near the ceiling legitimately; splitting is prohibited only when done to avoid competitive bidding.