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Contingency Humanitarian Peacekeeping Operation

Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the award is associated with a contingency, humanitarian, or peacekeeping operation. In FPDS, the value is used to mark contracts tied to those special operating environments; when populated with a code such as "X," it indicates the condition is true.

Family: Award
Category: Contract Data
Data Type: boolean_or_code_flag
Semantic Type: flag
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__contractData__contingencyHumanitarianPeacekeepingOperation
Title
Contingency Humanitarian Peacekeeping Operation
FPDS Path
award/contractData/contingencyHumanitarianPeacekeepingOperation
Description
Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the award is associated with a contingency, humanitarian, or peacekeeping operation. In FPDS, the value is used to mark contracts tied to those special operating environments; when populated with a code such as "X," it indicates the condition is true.
Business Meaning
This flag helps analysts isolate obligations made in overseas contingency, disaster response, stabilization, and peacekeeping settings, which often follow different acquisition rules, timelines, and risk profiles. It is useful for compliance review, spend segmentation, and reporting on mission-driven procurement activity.
Example Value
X
Observed Non-Null Count
75,926,947

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building

Common Usage

  • Filter awards tied to contingency or humanitarian operations
  • Segment spend for emergency-response or overseas mission analysis
  • Support compliance and oversight reviews for special-operating-environment contracts

Common Mistakes

  • Interpreting any non-null value as a descriptive text rather than a coded flag
  • Treating missing values as definitively false without verifying how the extract populates blanks

Query Guidance

In SQL, filter on the flag value used by your extract, commonly = 'X' for true. Prefer explicit conditions such as WHERE contingencyHumanitarianPeacekeepingOperation = 'X' and handle null or blank separately if you need to distinguish unknown from false.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__contractData__contingencyHumanitarianPeacekeepingOperation AS contingency_humanitarian_peacekeeping_operation
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__contractData__contingencyHumanitarianPeacekeepingOperation IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__award__contractData__contingencyHumanitarianPeacekeepingOperation AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__contractData__contingencyHumanitarianPeacekeepingOperation IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY flag_value
ORDER BY record_count DESC

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