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City

City name for the vendor’s reported location in the Vendor Site Details section of an Other Transaction Award record. It identifies the municipality associated with the vendor site rather than the contracting office or place of performance.

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

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__city
Title
City
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLocation/city
Description
City name for the vendor’s reported location in the Vendor Site Details section of an Other Transaction Award record. It identifies the municipality associated with the vendor site rather than the contracting office or place of performance.
Business Meaning
This field supports geographic analysis of vendor footprint, concentration of awards, and location-based segmentation of suppliers. Analysts use it to understand where vendors are based, compare award patterns across cities, and support mapping or regional sourcing reviews.
Example Value
CHARLESTOWN
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Grouping awards by vendor city
  • Mapping vendor geographic distribution
  • Joining with state or ZIP for location analysis

Common Mistakes

  • Using city alone to identify a unique vendor location
  • Confusing vendor location city with place of performance or agency office city

Query Guidance

Use this field in SELECT and GROUP BY for location summaries, and pair it with state, ZIP, or country fields to avoid ambiguous rollups. In SQL, apply trimming and case normalization where needed, and filter with exact or standardized text matching rather than assuming a controlled vocabulary.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__city AS city
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__city IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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