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Statutory Exception to Fair Opportunity Description

Human-readable description for the award competition statutory exception to fair opportunity code. It labels the specific exception reported in FPDS rather than storing the underlying coded value itself.

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

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__competition__statutoryExceptionToFairOpportunity__description
Title
Statutory Exception to Fair Opportunity Description
FPDS Path
award/competition/statutoryExceptionToFairOpportunity/description
Description
Human-readable description for the award competition statutory exception to fair opportunity code. It labels the specific exception reported in FPDS rather than storing the underlying coded value itself.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts understand why an award was made without full fair opportunity competition under the applicable statutory authority. It is important for identifying exception-based acquisitions, validating competition reporting, and explaining procurement actions that may otherwise appear noncompetitive.
Example Value
ONLY ONE SOURCE - OTHER
Observed Non-Null Count
16,410,900

FPDS Compare

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

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 fair opportunity exception type
  • Reviewing noncompetitive or limited-competition justifications
  • Producing analyst-readable reports from coded FPDS values

Common Mistakes

  • Using the description as the authoritative code rather than the paired coded field
  • Assuming similar wording always maps to the same legal authority across records

Query Guidance

Use this field for display, reporting, and text-based review; use the paired exception code for joins, grouping, and filtering when available. If only the description is present, standardize values with case-insensitive matching and inspect observed text variants before aggregating.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__competition__statutoryExceptionToFairOpportunity__description AS statutory_exception_to_fair_opportunity_description
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__competition__statutoryExceptionToFairOpportunity__description IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

SELECT
    content__award__competition__statutoryExceptionToFairOpportunity__description AS value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__competition__statutoryExceptionToFairOpportunity__description 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.