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Contingency Humanitarian Peacekeeping Operation

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the IDV/contract is associated with contingency, humanitarian, or peacekeeping operations. In FPDS data this field marks records tied to special operational environments rather than ordinary acquisition activity.

Family: IDV
Category: Contract Data
Data Type: boolean_or_code_flag
Semantic Type: flag
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__contractData__contingencyHumanitarianPeacekeepingOperation
Title
Contingency Humanitarian Peacekeeping Operation
FPDS Path
IDV/contractData/contingencyHumanitarianPeacekeepingOperation
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the IDV/contract is associated with contingency, humanitarian, or peacekeeping operations. In FPDS data this field marks records tied to special operational environments rather than ordinary acquisition activity.
Business Meaning
This flag is important for identifying awards made under emergency, overseas, disaster-response, or peacekeeping conditions, which often follow different acquisition rules, urgency levels, and oversight expectations. Analysts use it to segment operational spending, compare deployment-related contracting, and assess compliance or risk in non-routine procurement environments.
Example Value
X
Observed Non-Null Count
2,282,678

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__contractData__contingencyHumanitarianPeacekeepingOperation
FPDS XML Path
IDV/contractData/contingencyHumanitarianPeacekeepingOperation
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'IDV/contractData/contingencyHumanitarianPeacekeepingOperation' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__IDV__contractData__contingencyHumanitarianPeacekeepingOperation'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building

Common Usage

  • Filter contingency or disaster-response contract populations
  • Segment awards supporting humanitarian or peacekeeping missions
  • Compare procurement patterns across operational versus non-operational buys

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming blank always means false without checking source encoding
  • Using the flag as a proxy for all overseas or emergency contracting

Query Guidance

In SQL, filter for affirmative values only after confirming the encoding in your extract, for example `WHERE contingencyHumanitarianPeacekeepingOperation IN ('X','Y','1')`. For analysis of incidence, group by this field with null handling explicit, and do not assume the field is standardized across all feeds without validation.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__contractData__contingencyHumanitarianPeacekeepingOperation AS contingency_humanitarian_peacekeeping_operation
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__contractData__contingencyHumanitarianPeacekeepingOperation IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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