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Who Can Use

Indicates which entities are permitted to use the IDV or contract marketing opportunity. It is a human-readable access/eligibility label describing the intended user group for the vehicle.

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

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__contractMarketingData__whoCanUse
Title
Who Can Use
FPDS Path
IDV/contractMarketingData/whoCanUse
Description
Indicates which entities are permitted to use the IDV or contract marketing opportunity. It is a human-readable access/eligibility label describing the intended user group for the vehicle.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts understand the intended scope of an acquisition vehicle and whether it was marketed for broad, agency-wide, or restricted use. It supports analysis of competition access, shared-use contracting, and the reach of strategically managed procurement vehicles.
Example Value
ALL AGENCIES
Observed Non-Null Count
4,307,663

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Filter IDVs by eligible user population
  • Compare broad-use versus restricted-use contract vehicles
  • Group vehicles for market access or shared-services analysis

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the value is a formal authorization rule rather than a descriptive label
  • Filtering without normalizing case, spacing, or equivalent textual variants

Query Guidance

Use exact-match or normalized text filters for segmentation, and aggregate on standardized values after trimming and uppercasing. If the dataset contains a related code/description pair, prefer the coded field for joins and use this field for display or validation.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__contractMarketingData__whoCanUse AS who_can_use
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__contractMarketingData__whoCanUse IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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