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Receives Contracts

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor relationship record is marked as receiving government contracts. It captures a yes/no-style attribute at the vendor site level within the Other Transaction IDV structure. If stored as a code, the observed value should be interpreted using the dataset's actual code set.

Family: Other Transaction IDV
Category: Vendor Site Details
Data Type: boolean_or_code_flag
Semantic Type: flag
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment__receivesContracts
Title
Receives Contracts
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment/receivesContracts
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor relationship record is marked as receiving government contracts. It captures a yes/no-style attribute at the vendor site level within the Other Transaction IDV structure. If stored as a code, the observed value should be interpreted using the dataset's actual code set.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify vendors whose relationship with the federal government includes contract receipt, which is useful for segmentation, eligibility review, and compliance-related analysis. It can support market structure analysis, vendor profiling, and filtering records tied to entities actively doing business with the government.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment__receivesContracts
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment/receivesContracts
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment/receivesContracts' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment__receivesContracts'.

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Filter vendors that receive federal contracts
  • Segment vendor populations for compliance or eligibility analysis
  • Profile vendor-government relationship attributes at the site level

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the value is always a true boolean when it may be stored as a code
  • Using the field as a count or monetary measure instead of a flag

Query Guidance

Use equality filters or CASE logic based on the observed code set, for example WHERE receivesContracts IN ('1','Y','true') after verifying the actual values in the source. If you need a yes/no output, normalize the field in a CASE expression and avoid aggregating it without first converting to a consistent binary representation.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment__receivesContracts AS receives_contracts
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment__receivesContracts IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment__receivesContracts AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment__receivesContracts IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY flag_value
ORDER BY record_count DESC

Each dictionary item includes SQL-ready examples generated alongside the variable metadata, allowing immediate use in FPDS Query for filtering, aggregation, and analysis.