491 Projects with Ten Percent or More Negative Slippage Not Remedied
Department of Public Works and Highways · 2024
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What Happened?
Category: ComplianceIssue: Non-complianceNearly 500 projects were severely behind schedule, yet the agency did not take the required corrective actions such as contingency planning or handing the work to another contractor, so delays continued.
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Original Audit Finding Excerpt
"Negative slippages of 10 percent and above were also incurred in 491 projects with a total cost of P19,212,856,902.02 as at year end. Management of DPWH Offices should have prepared contingency plans or initiated the termination of the contract and/or take-over of the remaining work by administration or assignment to another contractor or appropriate agency in accordance with DPWH DO No. 193, series of 2016."