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Solicitation Id

Unique solicitation identifier associated with the award record. It represents the procurement notice or request-for-offers reference that preceded the contract action, typically as issued by the contracting activity.

Family: Award
Category: Contract Data
Data Type: identifier_or_code
Semantic Type: identifier
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__contractData__solicitationID
Title
Solicitation Id
FPDS Path
award/contractData/solicitationID
Description
Unique solicitation identifier associated with the award record. It represents the procurement notice or request-for-offers reference that preceded the contract action, typically as issued by the contracting activity.
Business Meaning
This field links an award to the originating solicitation, which is essential for tracing competition, procurement history, and source-of-award documentation. Analysts use it to connect awards to solicitations for market research, competition analysis, and audit trail reconstruction.
Example Value
W912DY13R0047
Observed Non-Null Count
15,407,837

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Join award records to solicitation-level data
  • Track award lineage back to the original procurement action
  • Identify multiple awards issued under the same solicitation

Common Mistakes

  • Treating the value as a free-text description instead of a key
  • Assuming identical-looking strings are standardized across agencies

Query Guidance

Use exact string equality for joins and filtering after trimming whitespace and normalizing case if needed. Avoid numeric casting; preserve leading zeros and embedded letters, and de-duplicate only after verifying whether the same solicitation ID is reused across multiple line items or modifications.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__contractData__solicitationID AS solicitation_id
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__contractData__solicitationID IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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