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City

Human-readable city name for the place where contract performance occurs under an Other Transaction Award. It identifies the municipality recorded in the FPDS place-of-performance ZIP code component, such as a city tied to the performance location.

Family: Other Transaction Award
Category: Place Of Performance
Data Type: identifier_or_code
Semantic Type: identifier
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__placeOfPerformance__placeOfPerformanceZIPCode__city
Title
City
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/placeOfPerformance/placeOfPerformanceZIPCode/city
Description
Human-readable city name for the place where contract performance occurs under an Other Transaction Award. It identifies the municipality recorded in the FPDS place-of-performance ZIP code component, such as a city tied to the performance location.
Business Meaning
This field supports geographic analysis of where federal work is actually performed, which is important for location-based market research, regional spend analysis, and assessing local economic impact. It also helps analysts distinguish performance location from vendor address or office location.
Example Value
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
Observed Non-Null Count
38,515

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__placeOfPerformance__placeOfPerformanceZIPCode__city
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/placeOfPerformance/placeOfPerformanceZIPCode/city
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/placeOfPerformance/placeOfPerformanceZIPCode/city' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__placeOfPerformance__placeOfPerformanceZIPCode__city'.

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Summarizing obligations by performance city
  • Linking awards to metropolitan or local market areas
  • Validating performance location against ZIP or state fields

Common Mistakes

  • Confusing place of performance city with vendor headquarters city
  • Grouping on this field without normalizing spelling or handling duplicates

Query Guidance

Use as a descriptive grouping field, typically together with state and ZIP code. In SQL, normalize case and trim whitespace before grouping or joining, and avoid using it alone as a geographic identifier because the same city name can appear in multiple states.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__placeOfPerformance__placeOfPerformanceZIPCode__city AS city
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__placeOfPerformance__placeOfPerformanceZIPCode__city IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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