Indicator C2 — Bid-Ceiling Hugging

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Bid-Ceiling Hugging

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 22BE0023 was awarded at 99.66% of its ABC. Across its 37 recorded contracts, EGB CONST CORP FORMERLY: EGB CONST was awarded at ≥99.5% of ABC 36 times (97.3%), versus 70.4% for flood-control contracts overall. This pattern may result from consistently competitive bidding or precise cost estimation.

Public record entityConstruction of Barangay Fugu Sur to Fugu Norte Flood Control System, Phase II, Tumauini, Isabela

LocationTUMAUINI (ISABELA), ISABELA, Region IIContract 22BE0023

Amount₱29,299,999.8299.66% of approved budget (ABC) sumbong source

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

Satellite before / after

Esri Wayback · ~0.46 mLocation approximate

Before capture: 2021-05-01 · Maxar

After capture: 2025-05-20 · Vantor

Satellite comparison for public reference — not proof of completion or non-completion.

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How this was checked

publish · confidence 0.98

Model: gpt-4.1

Prompt: v4

Checked: October 22, 2026

The contract was awarded at 99.66% of its ABC, which is above the 99.5% threshold and very close to the legal maximum. The contractor has an unusually high rate (97.3%) of contracts awarded at or above 99.5% of ABC, much higher than the baseline for flood-control contracts (70.4%). All relevant figures and record links are present, and the indicator is clearly described and checkable.

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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 Barangay Fugu Sur to Fugu Norte Flood Control System, Phase II, Tumauini, Isabela22BE0023Flood control	100%	October 3, 2022	September 9, 2022	—	completedsumbong source

Start: February 15, 2022 · 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": "Isabela 1st District Engineering Office",
  "ratio": 0.9965986333333333,
  "abcPhp": 29400000,
  "threshold": 0.995,
  "contractId": "22BE0023",
  "contractor": "EGB CONST CORP FORMERLY: EGB CONST",
  "contractCostPhp": 29299999.82
}

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