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Receives Contracts

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor associated with the IDV vendor site is marked as receiving contracts from the Federal Government. It represents a relationship attribute on the vendor site record rather than a contract award outcome.

Family: IDV
Category: Vendor Site Details
Data Type: boolean_or_code_flag
Semantic Type: flag
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment__receivesContracts
Title
Receives Contracts
FPDS Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment/receivesContracts
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor associated with the IDV vendor site is marked as receiving contracts from the Federal Government. It represents a relationship attribute on the vendor site record rather than a contract award outcome.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts segment vendors by their reported relationship to federal contracting activity, which can support market structure analysis, vendor profiling, and compliance or eligibility reviews. It is useful when comparing vendor populations or identifying sites associated with entities that do or do not receive federal contracts.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
5,862,557

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment__receivesContracts
FPDS XML Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment/receivesContracts
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment/receivesContracts' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment__receivesContracts'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Contractor profiling and competitor analysis

Common Usage

  • Filter vendor records by contract-receiving status
  • Segment vendor populations for compliance or market analysis
  • Validate vendor relationship attributes against other vendor/site fields

Common Mistakes

  • Interpreting the field as an award-level indicator rather than a vendor relationship attribute
  • Assuming the coded value set without checking the dataset’s actual stored values

Query Guidance

Use this field in WHERE clauses to isolate records where the flag indicates contract-receiving status, but first verify the encoded true/false values in your FPDS extract. When joining to other vendor tables, apply the filter at the vendor site level and account for nulls or nonstandard codes explicitly.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment__receivesContracts AS receives_contracts
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment__receivesContracts IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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