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City

City reported for the vendor's location in the award record. It identifies the municipality associated with the vendor site details and is stored as a free-text string.

Family: Award
Category: Vendor Site Details
Data Type: string
Semantic Type: attribute
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__city
Title
City
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLocation/city
Description
City reported for the vendor's location in the award record. It identifies the municipality associated with the vendor site details and is stored as a free-text string.
Business Meaning
This field supports geographic analysis of vendor footprint, market concentration, and local sourcing patterns in federal procurement. Analysts use it to summarize awards by vendor location, compare activity across cities, and link procurement data to place-based reporting or regional economic analysis.
Example Value
RICHLAND
Observed Non-Null Count
109,883,854

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__city
FPDS XML Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLocation/city
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLocation/city' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__city'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Contractor profiling and competitor analysis

Common Usage

  • Group awards by vendor city
  • Filter vendors by location
  • Support geographic enrichment and mapping

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming city values are standardized or unique
  • Using this field alone as a precise geographic locator

Query Guidance

Use exact match or normalized text matching for filtering, and apply trimming, uppercasing, and alias cleanup before grouping. For reliable geographic analysis, join this field with state, ZIP, or geocoded reference data rather than relying on city text alone.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__city AS city
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__city IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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