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Materials Supplies Articles Equipment

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the IDV includes materials, supplies, articles, or equipment under the applicable legislative mandate section. In FPDS, values are typically represented as a mark such as "X" when the condition is true and otherwise left blank or absent.

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

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__legislativeMandates__materialsSuppliesArticlesEquipment
Title
Materials Supplies Articles Equipment
FPDS Path
IDV/legislativeMandates/materialsSuppliesArticlesEquipment
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the IDV includes materials, supplies, articles, or equipment under the applicable legislative mandate section. In FPDS, values are typically represented as a mark such as "X" when the condition is true and otherwise left blank or absent.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify IDVs that include specific tangible goods subject to legislative mandate reporting. It supports compliance review, portfolio segmentation, and analysis of how often these categories appear across contracting actions.
Example Value
X
Observed Non-Null Count
5,862,015

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Filtering IDVs that include materials, supplies, articles, or equipment
  • Compliance and legislative mandate reporting
  • Segmenting award populations by procurement content

Common Mistakes

  • Interpreting the field as a quantity or count instead of a yes/no indicator
  • Assuming blank always means false without confirming source coding and null-handling rules

Query Guidance

Use explicit flag logic in SQL, such as `WHERE content__IDV__legislativeMandates__materialsSuppliesArticlesEquipment = 'X'` for true values, and test for null or blank separately if you need to distinguish false from missing. If your environment normalizes coded flags, verify the canonical true value before filtering.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__legislativeMandates__materialsSuppliesArticlesEquipment AS materials_supplies_articles_equipment
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__legislativeMandates__materialsSuppliesArticlesEquipment IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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