Patterns
Four ways of reading the same award records. Each one is a count, set beside something to compare it with.
None of these is a finding against an agency. Many ordinary reasons produce the same numbers, and the records leave out how many bidders took part and which procurement method was used.
How many awards land just under an amount
For each amount, count the awards up to 10% below it and the awards up to 10% above it, then divide. Grey bars are round amounts with no rule attached. They show what round numbers do by themselves.
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₱5,000,000 behaves like a ceiling but is a different kind of rule: under earlier regulations, infrastructure contracts above it had to be advertised in a national newspaper.
₱1,000,000 against the no-rule level
Who lands just under ₱1,000,000
Local governments had lower ceilings depending on income class, so ₱1,000,000 did not bind all of them.
The ceiling moved to ₱2,000,000 in February 2025
If agencies steer contracts under a ceiling, bunching should fade at ₱1,000,000 and grow at ₱2,000,000 once the new rules took effect. So far it has done neither clearly.
2025 is a partial year, and most 2025 records arrived through a different export. Months with fewer than 20 awards just over ₱2,000,000 are left off the chart.
Several notices, one supplier, one day
A group is three or more separate notices from one agency to one supplier on one day, each within the ceiling in force, adding up to more than it.
Only records with a reference number are counted, since without one a notice cannot be told apart from a lot. That removes most of 2025. No ceiling is on file before late 2016.
The largest supplier's share of an agency's spending
The line is the median agency. The shaded band holds the middle half. Agencies with fewer than 30 awards in a year are left out.
Where each pattern is strongest
The 50 agencies with the highest count for a pattern in one year. Large agencies appear because they publish more, so read the count beside the agency's total.