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Evaluated Preference

Human-readable label for the evaluated preference recorded on the award competition record. It describes the preference status or condition associated with how the offer was evaluated, and may represent a coded value rendered as text.

Family: Award
Category: Competition
Data Type: string
Semantic Type: attribute
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__competition__evaluatedPreference
Title
Evaluated Preference
FPDS Path
award/competition/evaluatedPreference
Description
Human-readable label for the evaluated preference recorded on the award competition record. It describes the preference status or condition associated with how the offer was evaluated, and may represent a coded value rendered as text.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts understand whether and how preference rules affected competition outcomes, which is important for assessing source selection patterns, socio-economic preference use, and the extent of competitive or noncompetitive treatment in awards.
Example Value
NONE
Observed Non-Null Count
95,417,344

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__competition__evaluatedPreference
FPDS XML Path
award/competition/evaluatedPreference
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'award/competition/evaluatedPreference' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__award__competition__evaluatedPreference'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Competition and sole-source analysis

Common Usage

  • Classifying awards by preference status in competition reviews
  • Identifying whether preference-related evaluation affected award selection
  • Segmenting noncompetitive or special-case award records for analysis

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the value itself is the policy outcome rather than a recorded label
  • Grouping without checking for alternate coded values or nulls

Query Guidance

Use this field in SELECT and GROUP BY clauses to summarize preference categories, and filter cautiously because value text may vary across records. When available, join or compare against companion coded fields and normalize case/spacing before aggregating.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__competition__evaluatedPreference AS evaluated_preference
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__competition__evaluatedPreference IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

SELECT
    content__award__competition__evaluatedPreference AS value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__competition__evaluatedPreference IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY value
ORDER BY record_count DESC
LIMIT 25

Each dictionary item includes SQL-ready examples generated alongside the variable metadata, allowing immediate use in FPDS Query for filtering, aggregation, and analysis.