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Total Base and All Options Value

Monetary amount representing the total value of the base award plus all exercised or included option amounts for an Other Transaction Award. It reflects the full reported contract value at the time of the FPDS record, not just the initial base amount.

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

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__totalDollarValues__totalBaseAndAllOptionsValue
Title
Total Base and All Options Value
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/totalDollarValues/totalBaseAndAllOptionsValue
Description
Monetary amount representing the total value of the base award plus all exercised or included option amounts for an Other Transaction Award. It reflects the full reported contract value at the time of the FPDS record, not just the initial base amount.
Business Meaning
This field is used to measure the total obligated value being reported for an award, support spending and portfolio analysis, estimate potential procurement scale, and compare award sizes across instruments or time periods. It is especially useful when analysts need a consistent value basis that accounts for options rather than only the base award amount.
Example Value
616770351
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • award value sizing and distribution analysis
  • trend analysis of total reported contract value
  • market sizing and vendor portfolio comparisons

Common Mistakes

  • treating the value as only the base amount
  • summing it across multiple record versions without de-duplication

Query Guidance

Select and aggregate this numeric field for total-value analysis, typically with SUM, AVG, MIN/MAX, or percentile functions after filtering to the desired award set. When joining to other FPDS tables or records, deduplicate at the award/action grain and confirm whether NULLs, zero values, or amended records should be excluded or separately handled.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__totalDollarValues__totalBaseAndAllOptionsValue AS total_base_and_all_options_value
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__totalDollarValues__totalBaseAndAllOptionsValue IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Aggregate total

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

Distribution overview

SELECT
    min(content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__totalDollarValues__totalBaseAndAllOptionsValue) AS min_value,
    avg(content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__totalDollarValues__totalBaseAndAllOptionsValue) AS avg_value,
    max(content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__totalDollarValues__totalBaseAndAllOptionsValue) AS max_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__totalDollarValues__totalBaseAndAllOptionsValue 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.