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Ultimate Parent UEI

The UEI for the ultimate parent entity of the vendor associated with the record. It identifies the highest-level parent organization in the vendor's ownership structure, not the immediate contracting entity.

Family: Other Transaction IDV
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__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__entityIdentifiers__vendorUEIInformation__ultimateParentUEI
Title
Ultimate Parent UEI
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/entityIdentifiers/vendorUEIInformation/ultimateParentUEI
Description
The UEI for the ultimate parent entity of the vendor associated with the record. It identifies the highest-level parent organization in the vendor's ownership structure, not the immediate contracting entity.
Business Meaning
This field supports vendor rollups across subsidiaries and affiliated entities, letting analysts measure obligations, awards, and competition at the corporate-group level rather than only at the site or awardee level. It is useful for ownership analysis, concentration monitoring, and identifying parent companies with multiple vendor representations in FPDS data.
Example Value
MYRFLFYJ7LW9
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__entityIdentifiers__vendorUEIInformation__ultimateParentUEI
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/entityIdentifiers/vendorUEIInformation/ultimateParentUEI
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/entityIdentifiers/vendorUEIInformation/ultimateParentUEI' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__entityIdentifiers__vendorUEIInformation__ultimateParentUEI'.

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Aggregate awards or obligations by ultimate parent organization
  • Link subsidiaries to a common corporate parent for concentration analysis
  • Deduplicate vendor activity across multiple vendor sites or award records

Common Mistakes

  • Confusing the ultimate parent UEI with the awardee or immediate vendor site UEI
  • Using it as a descriptive label instead of a coded identifier

Query Guidance

Use it as a grouping and join key with exact equality comparisons, and filter out null or empty values before rollup analysis. In SQL, count distinct ultimate parent UEI values for parent-level vendor counts, and pair it with vendor names or UEI description fields when validating coded records.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__entityIdentifiers__vendorUEIInformation__ultimateParentUEI AS ultimate_parent_u_e_i
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__entityIdentifiers__vendorUEIInformation__ultimateParentUEI IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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