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Value Engineering Clause

Indicates whether NASA included a Value Engineering clause in the award record. It is a coded yes/no field, where 0 means false and 1 means true.

Family: Award
Category: General
Data Type: numeric
Semantic Type: financial
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__agencySpecificAwardElements__NASASpecificAwardElements__valueEngineeringClause
Title
Value Engineering Clause
FPDS Path
award/agencySpecificAwardElements/NASASpecificAwardElements/valueEngineeringClause
Description
Indicates whether NASA included a Value Engineering clause in the award record. It is a coded yes/no field, where 0 means false and 1 means true.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards that include a clause intended to encourage contractor-proposed cost savings or performance improvements. It can support policy compliance review, clause prevalence analysis, and comparisons across NASA awards or contract types.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
696,891

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Spending aggregation and trend analysis

Common Usage

  • count awards with the clause present
  • compare clause usage by fiscal year or contract type
  • filter NASA awards for compliance or policy analysis

Common Mistakes

  • interpreting the value as a monetary field
  • assuming NULL or blank means false rather than missing or unreported

Query Guidance

Use equality filters such as = 1 for awards with the clause and = 0 for awards without it. In SQL, exclude NULLs explicitly when calculating rates or counts to avoid mixing missing data with true/false values.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__agencySpecificAwardElements__NASASpecificAwardElements__valueEngineeringClause AS value_engineering_clause
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__agencySpecificAwardElements__NASASpecificAwardElements__valueEngineeringClause IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Aggregate total

SELECT
    sum(content__award__agencySpecificAwardElements__NASASpecificAwardElements__valueEngineeringClause) AS total_value
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__agencySpecificAwardElements__NASASpecificAwardElements__valueEngineeringClause IS NOT NULL

Distribution overview

SELECT
    min(content__award__agencySpecificAwardElements__NASASpecificAwardElements__valueEngineeringClause) AS min_value,
    avg(content__award__agencySpecificAwardElements__NASASpecificAwardElements__valueEngineeringClause) AS avg_value,
    max(content__award__agencySpecificAwardElements__NASASpecificAwardElements__valueEngineeringClause) AS max_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__agencySpecificAwardElements__NASASpecificAwardElements__valueEngineeringClause IS NOT NULL

Each dictionary item includes SQL-ready examples generated alongside the variable metadata, allowing immediate use in FPDS Query for filtering, aggregation, and analysis.