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Division Number or Office Code

Code or label for the vendor division, branch, or office associated with the award record. It identifies the specific organizational site within the contractor that is linked to the contracting action; values may be abbreviated, site-specific, or otherwise non-standardized across vendors.

Family: Award
Category: Vendor Site Details
Data Type: identifier_or_code
Semantic Type: identifier
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__divisionNumberOrOfficeCode
Title
Division Number or Office Code
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/divisionNumberOrOfficeCode
Description
Code or label for the vendor division, branch, or office associated with the award record. It identifies the specific organizational site within the contractor that is linked to the contracting action; values may be abbreviated, site-specific, or otherwise non-standardized across vendors.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts distinguish which contractor location received or supported the award, which is useful for vendor footprint analysis, subcontracting-related review, geographic or organizational concentration studies, and matching FPDS awards to internal supplier records. It can also help separate awards made to different offices of the same parent vendor when the legal entity alone is too broad.
Example Value
VPL MEDICA
Observed Non-Null Count
32

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Linking awards to a specific contractor office or site
  • Disaggregating performance or award volume by vendor location
  • Filtering records for a known division, branch, or office

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the field is always a standardized office name
  • Grouping it as if it were the vendor legal entity identifier

Query Guidance

Use exact-match or normalized-text filters only after reviewing observed values in the dataset. When joining or grouping, prefer this field as a site-level attribute and combine it with vendor identifiers; for SQL, compare trimmed and case-normalized values, and consider DISTINCT to inspect variations before aggregation.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__divisionNumberOrOfficeCode AS division_number_or_office_code
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__divisionNumberOrOfficeCode IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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