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Contracting Office Agency Id

Coded identifier for the contracting office agency associated with the award purchaser information. It points to the agency responsible for the contracting office rather than providing a plain-text agency name.

Family: Other Transaction Award
Category: Purchaser Information
Data Type: identifier_or_code
Semantic Type: identifier
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeAgencyID
Title
Contracting Office Agency Id
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/purchaserInformation/contractingOfficeAgencyID
Description
Coded identifier for the contracting office agency associated with the award purchaser information. It points to the agency responsible for the contracting office rather than providing a plain-text agency name.
Business Meaning
This field is used to attribute awards to the correct federal agency for organizational reporting, spend analysis, and oversight. It supports rollups by agency, comparison of contracting activity across entities, and linkage to other FPDS records or agency reference tables.
Example Value
1700
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Group awards by contracting office agency
  • Join FPDS award records to agency reference data
  • Filter procurement activity for a specific agency code

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the value is the agency name instead of an identifier
  • Using it interchangeably with sub-agency or office-level fields

Query Guidance

Use this field in WHERE, GROUP BY, and JOIN clauses as a coded key. Compare against the exact stored value in the extract, and join to a lookup table for labels rather than hardcoding name logic in SQL.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeAgencyID AS contracting_office_agency_id
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeAgencyID IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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