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Claimant Program Code

Code that identifies the claimant program associated with the product or service in the award record. It is a coded reference value, not a free-text description, and typically appears as an abbreviated program identifier such as "C9E."

Family: Award
Category: Product Or Service Information
Data Type: identifier_or_code
Semantic Type: identifier
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__productOrServiceInformation__claimantProgramCode
Title
Claimant Program Code
FPDS Path
award/productOrServiceInformation/claimantProgramCode
Description
Code that identifies the claimant program associated with the product or service in the award record. It is a coded reference value, not a free-text description, and typically appears as an abbreviated program identifier such as "C9E."
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts trace which claimant program is tied to a specific procurement action, supporting program-level tracking, routing, and classification. It is useful for filtering awards by program affiliation and for analyzing how obligations or buys are distributed across claimant programs.
Example Value
C9E
Observed Non-Null Count
53,044,225

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Filter awards by claimant program
  • Group obligations or counts by program code
  • Join to a reference table for program name or description

Common Mistakes

  • Interpreting the code as a program name rather than an identifier
  • Comparing codes across systems without validating the code set or lookup table

Query Guidance

Use exact matching for code-based filtering and aggregation, e.g. WHERE claimantProgramCode = 'C9E'. When analyzing at scale, group by the code and join to a code reference or description table if available; avoid wildcard matching unless you are intentionally examining code prefixes.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__productOrServiceInformation__claimantProgramCode AS claimant_program_code
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__productOrServiceInformation__claimantProgramCode IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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