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Receives Contracts and Grants

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is identified as receiving both federal contracts and federal grants. It is a relationship attribute at the vendor-site level under vendor relationship with the federal government.

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__receivesContractsAndGrants
Title
Receives Contracts and Grants
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment/receivesContractsAndGrants
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is identified as receiving both federal contracts and federal grants. It is a relationship attribute at the vendor-site level under vendor relationship with the federal government.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts segment vendors by the type of federal funding relationship they have, which is useful for market characterization, compliance screening, and distinguishing contractors from entities that also participate in the grants universe. It can support analyses of vendor dependency on federal funding and cross-program exposure.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

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

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 participate in both contracts and grants
  • Segment vendor populations for compliance or risk analysis
  • Profile vendor relationships with the federal government

Common Mistakes

  • Interpreting the flag as award-level receipt of grants rather than a vendor relationship attribute
  • Assuming missing values are equivalent to 0 without checking dataset conventions

Query Guidance

In SQL, use this field as a filter on the vendor-site relationship flag, e.g., WHERE receivesContractsAndGrants = 1 or the dataset’s equivalent coded value. When values are coded or inconsistently populated, first inspect distinct values and any description fields, then standardize before analysis.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment__receivesContractsAndGrants AS receives_contracts_and_grants
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment__receivesContractsAndGrants IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment__receivesContractsAndGrants AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment__receivesContractsAndGrants 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.