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 HI-TONE CONST & DEVELOPMENT CORP FORMERLY by the same office started within 91 days, each between ₱42.5M and ₱50M (just under the ₱50M threshold), with 3 in the same municipality. It is possible these are separate legitimate projects for different rivers or sections within the municipality.

Public record entityConstruction of Bank Slope Protection along Palicayan River, Paluan, Occidental Mindoro

LocationPALUAN (OCCIDENTAL MINDORO), OCCIDENTAL MINDORO, Region IV-BContract 22EB0100

Amount₱46,063,691.36 sumbong source

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

Satellite before / after

Esri Wayback · ~0.31 m

Before capture: 2019-04-03 · Maxar

After capture: 2019-04-03 · Vantor

No imagery since construction began — latest capture 2019-04-03

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 0.98

Model: gpt-4.1

Prompt: v4

Checked: October 22, 2026

This is a textbook C5 case: three contracts, same contractor and DEO, all in the same municipality, started within 91 days, each just under the ₱50M threshold. The titles refer to different rivers and specific chainages, but C5 expects projects to be at different sites within the same municipality. There is no data artifact or error; the indicator is valid and the evidence is complete.

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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 Bank Slope Protection along Palicayan River, Paluan, Occidental Mindoro22EB0100	100%	December 6, 2022	February 28, 2023	—	completedsumbong source

Start: April 11, 2022 · 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": "Mindoro Occidental District Engineering Office",
  "contractId": "22EB0100",
  "contractor": "HI-TONE CONST & DEVELOPMENT CORP FORMERLY",
  "windowDays": 120,
  "clusterSize": 3,
  "thresholdPhp": 50000000,
  "contractCostPhp": 46063691.36,
  "averageTitleSimilarity": 0.8135553292873758
}

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