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Vendor Legal Organization Name

Official legal name of the vendor organization recorded on the Other Transaction Award contract detail. This is a human-readable organization label, not a coded identifier.

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

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorHeader__vendorLegalOrganizationName
Title
Vendor Legal Organization Name
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorHeader/vendorLegalOrganizationName
Description
Official legal name of the vendor organization recorded on the Other Transaction Award contract detail. This is a human-readable organization label, not a coded identifier.
Business Meaning
This field identifies the awarded entity in procurement reporting and supports vendor-level analysis, market share review, and award concentration checks. It is useful for grouping awards to the same legal organization when internal codes or IDs are unavailable or need a readable label.
Example Value
ANTHROPIC, PBC
Observed Non-Null Count
17,107

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorHeader__vendorLegalOrganizationName
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorHeader/vendorLegalOrganizationName
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorHeader/vendorLegalOrganizationName' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorHeader__vendorLegalOrganizationName'.

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • vendor rollups and award concentration analysis
  • reporting award recipients in readable form
  • matching awards to a named legal entity

Common Mistakes

  • treating the name as a unique stable identifier
  • assuming all spelling variants refer to the same organization without normalization

Query Guidance

Select this field for display or grouping by vendor name, but use it cautiously in joins because legal-name text may vary across awards. For reliable aggregation, combine it with vendor identifiers when available and consider TRIM, UPPER, and other normalization steps before deduplication.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorHeader__vendorLegalOrganizationName AS vendor_legal_organization_name
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorHeader__vendorLegalOrganizationName IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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