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Type of Contract Pricing Description

Human-readable description of the contract pricing type reported for an IDV record. This is the descriptive label paired with the coded "Type of Contract Pricing" value, such as "FIXED PRICE."

Family: IDV
Category: Contract Data
Data Type: string
Semantic Type: description
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__contractData__typeOfContractPricing__description
Title
Type of Contract Pricing Description
FPDS Path
IDV/contractData/typeOfContractPricing/description
Description
Human-readable description of the contract pricing type reported for an IDV record. This is the descriptive label paired with the coded "Type of Contract Pricing" value, such as "FIXED PRICE."
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts interpret how the government structured pricing on a procurement instrument without relying only on source codes. It is useful for comparing pricing approaches across awards, understanding risk allocation, and segmenting obligations or ceiling structures by pricing method.
Example Value
FIXED PRICE
Observed Non-Null Count
5,811,488

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Translate coded pricing data into readable reporting categories
  • Segment IDVs by pricing structure for analysis
  • Validate or audit consistency between code and description fields

Common Mistakes

  • Using the description field as if it were the authoritative source code
  • Assuming all agencies populate descriptions with identical wording or capitalization

Query Guidance

Use this field for display, filtering, and code-to-label validation, but group analytically by the underlying pricing code when available. In SQL, normalize case and trim whitespace if comparing text values, and expect multiple descriptions to map to the same code or minor wording variations across records.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__contractData__typeOfContractPricing__description AS type_of_contract_pricing_description
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__contractData__typeOfContractPricing__description IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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