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Physical Completion Date

The date on which the award was physically completed, meaning the required work, delivery, or services under the award were finished. It records completion of performance rather than award obligation or period of performance start.

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__physicalCompletionDate
Title
Physical Completion Date
FPDS Path
award/agencySpecificAwardElements/NASASpecificAwardElements/physicalCompletionDate
Description
The date on which the award was physically completed, meaning the required work, delivery, or services under the award were finished. It records completion of performance rather than award obligation or period of performance start.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts measure when contract performance actually ended, which is important for closeout analysis, cycle-time studies, backlog assessment, and determining whether an award was completed within expected timelines. It also supports lifecycle reporting when comparing award dates, modification activity, and completion outcomes.
Example Value
1997-05-21 00:00:00
Observed Non-Null Count
147,388

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • identify awards that have reached performance completion
  • calculate award performance duration from obligation or base award date
  • analyze completion timing by agency, vendor, or contract type

Common Mistakes

  • using it as the same thing as closeout date
  • treating the string value as a number or unparsed datetime

Query Guidance

In SQL, cast or parse the string to a date/datetime before filtering or aggregating, for example with DATE() or TO_DATE() depending on the database. Use it in WHERE clauses to isolate completed awards, and in date-difference functions to compute performance elapsed time; exclude nulls or blank strings explicitly.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__agencySpecificAwardElements__NASASpecificAwardElements__physicalCompletionDate AS physical_completion_date
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__agencySpecificAwardElements__NASASpecificAwardElements__physicalCompletionDate IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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