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Vendor Alternate Site Code

Code that identifies an alternate vendor site location associated with the award record. It represents a site-level key for the vendor location used in FPDS, not a narrative address or full location description.

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__vendorAlternateSiteCode
Title
Vendor Alternate Site Code
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorAlternateSiteCode
Description
Code that identifies an alternate vendor site location associated with the award record. It represents a site-level key for the vendor location used in FPDS, not a narrative address or full location description.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts distinguish among multiple locations tied to the same vendor, which is important for geographic concentration analysis, vendor footprint assessment, and mapping awards to specific operating sites. It can also support validation of whether procurement activity is associated with the reported vendor location or an alternate site in the vendor profile.
Example Value
076491534
Observed Non-Null Count
86,758,318

FPDS Compare

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

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 vendor site record
  • Filtering awards by vendor location code
  • Supporting vendor footprint or site-level analysis

Common Mistakes

  • Interpreting the code as a physical address or descriptive site name
  • Casting the value to numeric and dropping leading zeros

Query Guidance

Use this field as a text-based join key or filter condition, preserving exact string values. In SQL, compare it as a character field and, when needed, join it to the corresponding vendor site code in vendor dimension or reference tables rather than using it for aggregation by itself.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorAlternateSiteCode AS vendor_alternate_site_code
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorAlternateSiteCode IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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