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The tender estimation issues above that highlighted the officers who are working together with the contractors to come up with five quotations has shown the breach of the trust, professionalism and ethics and leading to insider trading activity. The information leakage leads to unfair and injustice competition among the contractors that contribute to dissatisfaction among them. The corroboration between officers and contractors is sometimes extended to the stage of project claim. One of the main concerns here is when false or inaccurate claims by the contractors are being protected by procurement officers or those in charge of revising them. Before any payment is made, it is a contractual obligation of the committee to also monitor whether the claim is made in accordance to the terms, product delivery and other criteria prescribed. If certain criteria have not been fulfilled, the amount would be deducted accordingly. One contractor has been quoted by procurement officer because it engages its own consultant to monitor the contractor’s progress such as whether they on the right track or the right supplies and materials have been delivered. Since the monitoring from the government was very weak, the payment officers had to rely on the consultant’s report before making payment. The corroborations above would encourage the subcontractors or contractors to maintain good relationship with the procurement officers as a mean to channel bribes.