Just under the line

In 2024, Philippine government agencies published … awards worth between ₱900,000 and ₱1,000,000, and … worth between ₱1,000,000 and ₱1,100,000. One million pesos was the most an agency could spend through small value procurement, which skips public bidding.

With a ceiling

Awards around ₱1,000,000

The count climbs for five steps before the ceiling, then drops from … to ….

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Without one

Awards around ₱1,500,000

No rule sits here. There is still a spike at the round number, … to …, but no climb before it.

Each bar is a 1% step in contract amount, on the same scale in both charts. An award made at exactly the amount sits in the bar to its left.

Awards cluster under every round number, because budgets are set in round numbers. That is why each amount with a rule is measured against amounts without one. Over the full 10% band, ₱1,000,000 has … awards just under for every one just over. Amounts with no rule have about …. See all four patterns.

Awards kept
…

Published from …, after cleaning.

Agencies
…

From barangays to national departments. Find one.

Records set aside
…

Each with a stated reason. … checks must pass before anything is published. See them.

Volume

Awards published per year

Value

Pesos awarded per year

The last year is incomplete: the snapshot was taken while agencies were still posting.