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GFE/GFP

Indicates whether Government-Furnished Equipment (GFE) or Government-Furnished Property (GFP) is used in the IDV contract record. The value is typically a flag or coded indicator rather than a narrative description, so it should be interpreted as a yes/no-style data element unless the source provides additional coded detail.

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__GFE_GFP
Title
GFE/GFP
FPDS Path
IDV/contractData/GFE_GFP
Description
Indicates whether Government-Furnished Equipment (GFE) or Government-Furnished Property (GFP) is used in the IDV contract record. The value is typically a flag or coded indicator rather than a narrative description, so it should be interpreted as a yes/no-style data element unless the source provides additional coded detail.
Business Meaning
This field matters because GFE/GFP can materially affect contract scope, contractor responsibility, risk allocation, and total acquisition cost. Analysts use it to identify awards that involve government-provided assets, which is useful for compliance review, logistics analysis, and segmentation of procurements with special property-management obligations.
Example Value
N
Observed Non-Null Count
5,862,227

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Filter IDVs that involve government-furnished equipment or property
  • Segment awards for compliance, property management, or logistics analysis
  • Compare contract structure and risk patterns across records with and without GFE/GFP

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the field lists the specific equipment or property rather than only indicating presence
  • Treating the value as standardized across all extracts without checking the actual code set

Query Guidance

Use this field in WHERE clauses to isolate records flagged for GFE/GFP involvement, but first inspect the observed values and normalize them to a common Boolean interpretation if needed. In SQL, compare against the dataset’s actual affirmative code(s) and exclude nulls separately when distinguishing unknown from false.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__contractData__GFE_GFP AS g_f_e_g_f_p
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__contractData__GFE_GFP IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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