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Registration Date

The date the vendor’s registration was recorded in CCR/SAM within the vendor site details portion of the award record. It is stored as a string timestamp and represents when the contractor registration became effective in the FPDS snapshot.

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__ccrRegistrationDetails__registrationDate
Title
Registration Date
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/ccrRegistrationDetails/registrationDate
Description
The date the vendor’s registration was recorded in CCR/SAM within the vendor site details portion of the award record. It is stored as a string timestamp and represents when the contractor registration became effective in the FPDS snapshot.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts assess whether a vendor was actively registered at the time of award, support vendor eligibility checks, and study registration timing relative to contracting activity. It is also useful for measuring onboarding patterns, registration lag, and compliance with registration requirements across awards.
Example Value
2001-05-31 00:00:00
Observed Non-Null Count
84,446,963

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Check whether vendor registration preceded award date
  • Measure time from registration to first award
  • Group awards by registration vintage

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the string is already normalized to a date type
  • Interpreting it as the vendor’s business incorporation date

Query Guidance

Cast or parse the string to a date/datetime in SQL, then compare it to award date fields for eligibility or timing analysis. If the source contains timestamps, truncate to date only when the time component is not analytically relevant.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__ccrRegistrationDetails__registrationDate AS registration_date
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__ccrRegistrationDetails__registrationDate IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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