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Receives Contracts and Grants

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor receives both federal contracts and federal grants. In FPDS, this is a vendor relationship attribute captured at the vendor site level for the Other Transaction IDV record.

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__receivesContractsAndGrants
Title
Receives Contracts and Grants
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment/receivesContractsAndGrants
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor receives both federal contracts and federal grants. In FPDS, this is a vendor relationship attribute captured at the vendor site level for the Other Transaction IDV record.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts segment vendors by the type of federal funding they receive, which can be relevant for compliance review, market analysis, and assessing the vendor's broader federal engagement profile. It is useful when comparing organizations that participate in both procurement and assistance programs versus those limited to one funding stream.
Example Value
1
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

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

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 participate in both contracts and grants
  • Segment vendor populations for compliance or oversight analysis
  • Compare award patterns across vendors with mixed federal funding relationships

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the field means the vendor received a contract or a grant on this specific award rather than describing its broader federal relationship
  • Filtering without checking the dataset's actual code values or null behavior

Query Guidance

Use this field as a categorical filter in WHERE clauses after validating the underlying code set in your FPDS extract. Example pattern: WHERE receivesContractsAndGrants IN ('1','Y',1) or equivalent after normalization; join or aggregate at the vendor-site level if you need vendor-level analysis.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment__receivesContractsAndGrants AS receives_contracts_and_grants
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment__receivesContractsAndGrants IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment__receivesContractsAndGrants AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment__receivesContractsAndGrants 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.