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Contracting Office Id Name

Human-readable name of the contracting office associated with the Other Transaction Award record. It is the label for the contracting office ID rather than the ID code itself, and it identifies the office that handled the award action.

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

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeID__name
Title
Contracting Office Id Name
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/purchaserInformation/contractingOfficeID/name
Description
Human-readable name of the contracting office associated with the Other Transaction Award record. It is the label for the contracting office ID rather than the ID code itself, and it identifies the office that handled the award action.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts attribute awards to the specific procuring office for organizational analysis, workload reporting, and office-level trend review. It supports grouping and validation when the coded office identifier is not directly interpretable.
Example Value
NSWC CRANE
Observed Non-Null Count
38,809

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Office-level award summaries
  • Validation of coded contracting office identifiers
  • Reporting and dashboard labels for procurement office attribution

Common Mistakes

  • Using the name as a unique key for joins
  • Assuming the label is standardized across all records or agencies

Query Guidance

Use this field for grouping only when the coded office ID is unavailable; otherwise join and aggregate on the office ID and select this field for display. In SQL, expect abbreviated or inconsistent values, so consider normalizing text or using DISTINCT to inspect observed labels before building filters.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeID__name AS contracting_office_id_name
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeID__name IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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