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Vendor Alternate Site Code

A coded identifier for an alternate vendor site associated with the contractor in the Other Transaction IDV record. It distinguishes a specific vendor location or site when a vendor has more than one registered or usable site in FPDS.

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__vendorAlternateSiteCode
Title
Vendor Alternate Site Code
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorAlternateSiteCode
Description
A coded identifier for an alternate vendor site associated with the contractor in the Other Transaction IDV record. It distinguishes a specific vendor location or site when a vendor has more than one registered or usable site in FPDS.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts distinguish which vendor location was associated with the award, which matters when reviewing vendor activity, geographic distribution, organizational routing, and site-level concentration across procurements. It can also support matching FPDS records to vendor master data when the same legal entity operates multiple sites.
Example Value
33712
Observed Non-Null Count
13,335

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Linking FPDS awards to vendor master or entity-resolution tables
  • Analyzing awards by contractor site or location
  • Identifying multiple sites under the same vendor entity

Common Mistakes

  • Treating the code as a human-readable site name or address
  • Using it as a proxy for legal entity or parent company

Query Guidance

Select and group by this field when analyzing site-level contractor activity; preserve it as a string to avoid losing leading zeros or formatting. Join to reference tables only if a matching site-code dimension exists, and pair it with vendor name or other site fields to validate uniqueness and meaning.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorAlternateSiteCode AS vendor_alternate_site_code
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorAlternateSiteCode IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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