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Total Base and Exercised Options Value

Monetary value representing the sum of the base award amount plus any option amounts that have been exercised for an Other Transaction Award. It reflects the obligated or reported value associated with the contract detail at the time of reporting.

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__totalBaseAndExercisedOptionsValue
Title
Total Base and Exercised Options Value
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/totalDollarValues/totalBaseAndExercisedOptionsValue
Description
Monetary value representing the sum of the base award amount plus any option amounts that have been exercised for an Other Transaction Award. It reflects the obligated or reported value associated with the contract detail at the time of reporting.
Business Meaning
This field is useful for measuring the scale of award activity, comparing award values across transactions, and supporting spending, trend, and market-sizing analyses. It helps analysts distinguish the value actually in force from the base award alone when options have been exercised.
Example Value
26100
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

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

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 aggregation
  • spend and trend analysis
  • comparison of exercised-option value across awards

Common Mistakes

  • treating the value as the full potential ceiling instead of exercised value only
  • summing it with base award value from the same record and double counting

Query Guidance

Cast or treat as a numeric dollar field and aggregate with SUM only after filtering to the desired award population and reporting period. When comparing contract sizes, use this field alongside base value and other option-related totals to avoid overstating obligations or award magnitude.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__totalDollarValues__totalBaseAndExercisedOptionsValue AS total_base_and_exercised_options_value
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__totalDollarValues__totalBaseAndExercisedOptionsValue IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Aggregate total

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

Distribution overview

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