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Receives Contracts

Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor is identified as receiving federal contracts. It represents a relationship attribute in the vendor site details portion of the award record, not a contract award amount or obligation measure.

Family: Award
Category: Vendor Site Details
Data Type: boolean_or_code_flag
Semantic Type: flag
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment__receivesContracts
Title
Receives Contracts
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment/receivesContracts
Description
Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor is identified as receiving federal contracts. It represents a relationship attribute in the vendor site details portion of the award record, not a contract award amount or obligation measure.
Business Meaning
This field supports vendor segmentation and compliance-oriented analysis by distinguishing vendors based on their federal contracting status. Analysts can use it to study award patterns, vendor populations, and reporting logic tied to entities that already participate in federal contracting.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Filter vendors that are marked as federal contract recipients
  • Segment award populations for reporting or compliance reviews
  • Compare outcomes for vendors with and without prior federal contracting status

Common Mistakes

  • Using the field as a count or dollar measure instead of a flag
  • Assuming 0 always means the vendor never receives contracts without checking the source value set

Query Guidance

In SQL, filter explicitly for the affirmative value used in your dataset after confirming the code set, for example WHERE receivesContracts IN (1, 'Y', 'true'). If the column is stored as mixed codes, standardize it with CASE logic and validate against the raw XML or companion description values.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment__receivesContracts AS receives_contracts
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment__receivesContracts IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment__receivesContracts AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment__receivesContracts IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY flag_value
ORDER BY record_count DESC

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