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Solicitation Id

Unique solicitation identifier recorded for the IDV contract action. It is the solicitation reference used to link the award back to the original solicitation or notice that initiated the procurement.

Family: IDV
Category: Contract Data
Data Type: identifier_or_code
Semantic Type: identifier
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__contractData__solicitationID
Title
Solicitation Id
FPDS Path
IDV/contractData/solicitationID
Description
Unique solicitation identifier recorded for the IDV contract action. It is the solicitation reference used to link the award back to the original solicitation or notice that initiated the procurement.
Business Meaning
This field supports traceability from award to solicitation, which is essential for competition analysis, procurement lineage, and matching awards to solicitation-based reporting. Analysts use it to connect related contract records, validate acquisition history, and identify solicitation-level patterns across awards.
Example Value
FCIS-JB-980001-B
Observed Non-Null Count
2,564,769

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Linking IDV records to solicitation or notice data
  • Deduplicating or grouping awards by procurement event
  • Tracing procurement lineage for audit or compliance review

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the value is standardized across agencies or time periods
  • Using it as a human-readable description instead of a join key

Query Guidance

Use equality joins or grouping on the exact stored value, preserving case and punctuation unless the source system normalizes them. For analysis, aggregate by solicitationID only after checking for one-to-many relationships and null or placeholder values.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__contractData__solicitationID AS solicitation_id
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__contractData__solicitationID IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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