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Base and Exercised Options Value

Monetary value of the base award plus any exercised options reported for an Other Transaction Award. It represents the obligated value currently associated with the awarded base scope and options that have been formally exercised in the FPDS record.

Family: Other Transaction Award
Category: Dollar Values
Data Type: numeric
Semantic Type: financial
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__dollarValues__baseAndExercisedOptionsValue
Title
Base and Exercised Options Value
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/dollarValues/baseAndExercisedOptionsValue
Description
Monetary value of the base award plus any exercised options reported for an Other Transaction Award. It represents the obligated value currently associated with the awarded base scope and options that have been formally exercised in the FPDS record.
Business Meaning
This field is important for measuring the award value that is actually in force, rather than the originally announced base amount alone. Analysts use it for spending analysis, market sizing, obligation tracking, and comparing award magnitude across transactions and periods.
Example Value
4871.62
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__dollarValues__baseAndExercisedOptionsValue
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/dollarValues/baseAndExercisedOptionsValue
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/dollarValues/baseAndExercisedOptionsValue' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__dollarValues__baseAndExercisedOptionsValue'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Spending aggregation and trend analysis

Common Usage

  • Measure funded award value for active analysis
  • Compare award size across vendors, agencies, or periods
  • Support obligation and market-sizing calculations

Common Mistakes

  • Treating it as the maximum possible contract ceiling
  • Summing it with other value fields that already include the same exercised options

Query Guidance

Select this numeric field directly for value-based analysis and aggregate with SUM only after deduplicating at the intended record grain. Use COALESCE to handle nulls, and distinguish it from base-only, total, or unexercised option values when building measures.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__dollarValues__baseAndExercisedOptionsValue AS base_and_exercised_options_value
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__dollarValues__baseAndExercisedOptionsValue IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Aggregate total

SELECT
    sum(content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__dollarValues__baseAndExercisedOptionsValue) AS total_value
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__dollarValues__baseAndExercisedOptionsValue IS NOT NULL

Distribution overview

SELECT
    min(content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__dollarValues__baseAndExercisedOptionsValue) AS min_value,
    avg(content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__dollarValues__baseAndExercisedOptionsValue) AS avg_value,
    max(content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__dollarValues__baseAndExercisedOptionsValue) AS max_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__dollarValues__baseAndExercisedOptionsValue IS NOT NULL

Each dictionary item includes SQL-ready examples generated alongside the variable metadata, allowing immediate use in FPDS Query for filtering, aggregation, and analysis.