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Phone No

Telephone number associated with the vendor's reported location in the award record. It identifies a point of contact for that specific site rather than the contractor entity as a whole.

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__phoneNo
Title
Phone No
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLocation/phoneNo
Description
Telephone number associated with the vendor's reported location in the award record. It identifies a point of contact for that specific site rather than the contractor entity as a whole.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts distinguish and validate vendor site records, support entity matching, and assess whether multiple awards reference the same operating location. It can also be useful when reconciling address and contact information across procurement datasets or identifying incomplete vendor-site profiles.
Example Value
7024025881
Observed Non-Null Count
74,258,350

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • vendor site validation
  • contact record matching
  • location-level procurement analysis

Common Mistakes

  • using it as a unique vendor identifier
  • assuming formatting is standardized across records

Query Guidance

Use for filtering, display, and record linkage after cleaning punctuation and normalizing length. In SQL, compare a normalized version of the field when matching sites, and avoid aggregation logic that treats raw phone values as stable keys.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__phoneNo AS phone_no
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__phoneNo IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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