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Country

The country of the contracting office identified in the award record. It indicates the geographic location associated with the purchasing office, typically as an ISO-like country code or short text value such as "USA".

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

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeID__country
Title
Country
FPDS Path
award/purchaserInformation/contractingOfficeID/country
Description
The country of the contracting office identified in the award record. It indicates the geographic location associated with the purchasing office, typically as an ISO-like country code or short text value such as "USA".
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts segment awards by the location of the contracting office, which is useful for geographic reporting, organizational footprint analysis, and identifying domestic versus non-domestic procurement activity. It also supports normalization and validation of office-level data when comparing contracting patterns across regions or agencies.
Example Value
USA
Observed Non-Null Count
109,236,252

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeID__country
FPDS XML Path
award/purchaserInformation/contractingOfficeID/country
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'award/purchaserInformation/contractingOfficeID/country' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__award__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeID__country'.

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Group awards by contracting office country
  • Filter to U.S.-based contracting offices
  • Validate office location consistency across award records

Common Mistakes

  • Confusing contracting office country with place of performance country
  • Assuming the field contains full country names rather than abbreviated codes

Query Guidance

Use this field in WHERE clauses for country filters and in GROUP BY for geographic rollups. Standardize values with CASE or reference data if multiple encodings appear, and join to lookup tables only if the source system provides an authoritative code set.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeID__country AS country
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeID__country IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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