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Cage Code

Vendor site CAGE code associated with the Other Transaction Award record. It is a coded identifier for the specific vendor location/entity used to standardize identification across FPDS records.

Family: Other Transaction Award
Category: Vendor Site Details
Data Type: identifier_or_code
Semantic Type: identifier
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__entityIdentifiers__cageCode
Title
Cage Code
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/entityIdentifiers/cageCode
Description
Vendor site CAGE code associated with the Other Transaction Award record. It is a coded identifier for the specific vendor location/entity used to standardize identification across FPDS records.
Business Meaning
This field supports vendor identification, linkage, and de-duplication across awards and sites. In procurement analysis, it helps track vendor activity at the site level, analyze award concentration, and connect FPDS records to external entity reference data.
Example Value
97LC1
Observed Non-Null Count
31,946

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__entityIdentifiers__cageCode
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/entityIdentifiers/cageCode
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/entityIdentifiers/cageCode' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__entityIdentifiers__cageCode'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Contractor profiling and competitor analysis

Common Usage

  • match awards to a specific vendor site
  • group obligations or counts by vendor identifier
  • link FPDS records to external vendor reference tables

Common Mistakes

  • assuming the code is the vendor name or location description
  • joining on partial values or ignoring case/whitespace normalization

Query Guidance

Use exact equality or IN filters on the normalized code value for joins and grouping. If deduplicating vendors, join this field to a reference table of CAGE codes and keep it separate from descriptive vendor-name fields.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__entityIdentifiers__cageCode AS cage_code
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__entityIdentifiers__cageCode IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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