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Receives Contracts and Grants

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor associated with the IDV vendor site receives both Federal contracts and Federal grants. It records the vendor’s relationship with the Federal Government at the vendor-site level, not a transaction amount or award type.

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__receivesContractsAndGrants
Title
Receives Contracts and Grants
FPDS Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment/receivesContractsAndGrants
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor associated with the IDV vendor site receives both Federal contracts and Federal grants. It records the vendor’s relationship with the Federal Government at the vendor-site level, not a transaction amount or award type.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts segment vendors by the mix of Federal funding relationships they maintain. It is useful for compliance reviews, market characterization, and identifying entities that participate in both procurement and assistance ecosystems.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
5,862,557

FPDS Compare

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

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 vendors that participate in both contracts and grants
  • Segment vendor population for compliance or risk analysis
  • Compare award patterns across dual-purpose and procurement-only vendors

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the field measures dollar value or award count
  • Interpreting a null or zero value as proof the vendor never receives either contracts or grants

Query Guidance

Use this field as a categorical filter in WHERE clauses after confirming the encoded values in your extract. For example, test for the affirmative code rather than hard-coding a single representation if the source may use multiple encodings, and avoid summing the field as if it were numeric unless you have normalized it first.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment__receivesContractsAndGrants AS receives_contracts_and_grants
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment__receivesContractsAndGrants IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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