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List of Contract Administrations Delegated

Human-readable list of contract administration offices or offices to which NASA has delegated contract administration responsibility for the award. It records the delegated administration entities associated with the contract rather than a monetary, status, or obligation value.

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

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__agencySpecificAwardElements__NASASpecificAwardElements__listOfContractAdministrationsDelegated
Title
List of Contract Administrations Delegated
FPDS Path
award/agencySpecificAwardElements/NASASpecificAwardElements/listOfContractAdministrationsDelegated
Description
Human-readable list of contract administration offices or offices to which NASA has delegated contract administration responsibility for the award. It records the delegated administration entities associated with the contract rather than a monetary, status, or obligation value.
Business Meaning
This field helps identify which organizations are responsible for post-award administration, oversight, and contract management actions. Analysts use it to trace administrative responsibility across NASA awards, assess oversight patterns, and support organizational or interagency workload analysis.
Example Value
Example value
Observed Non-Null Count
166,160

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__agencySpecificAwardElements__NASASpecificAwardElements__listOfContractAdministrationsDelegated
FPDS XML Path
award/agencySpecificAwardElements/NASASpecificAwardElements/listOfContractAdministrationsDelegated
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'award/agencySpecificAwardElements/NASASpecificAwardElements/listOfContractAdministrationsDelegated' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__award__agencySpecificAwardElements__NASASpecificAwardElements__listOfContractAdministrationsDelegated'.

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Identifying the administering office for a NASA contract
  • Grouping awards by delegated administration entity
  • Reviewing oversight or workload distribution across offices

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the field reflects award ownership rather than administration responsibility
  • Treating free-text values as normalized codes without checking actual observed formats

Query Guidance

Use exact match, LIKE, or tokenized text searches depending on how the values appear in your extract. If the field is multi-valued or delimiter-separated, split it before grouping; otherwise aggregate distinct text values to assess delegation patterns.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__agencySpecificAwardElements__NASASpecificAwardElements__listOfContractAdministrationsDelegated AS list_of_contract_administrations_delegated
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__agencySpecificAwardElements__NASASpecificAwardElements__listOfContractAdministrationsDelegated IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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