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Vendor Legal Organization Name

Human-readable legal name of the vendor recorded on an Other Transaction IDV contract detail. This is a label field that identifies the supplier entity associated with the award record, not a coded identifier.

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

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorHeader__vendorLegalOrganizationName
Title
Vendor Legal Organization Name
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorHeader/vendorLegalOrganizationName
Description
Human-readable legal name of the vendor recorded on an Other Transaction IDV contract detail. This is a label field that identifies the supplier entity associated with the award record, not a coded identifier.
Business Meaning
This field supports vendor-level analysis by showing which organization received or is associated with the transaction. It is useful for supplier profiling, award concentration reviews, competition analysis, and reconciling procurement records to known contractor names.
Example Value
RAYTHEON COMPANY
Observed Non-Null Count
4,458

FPDS Compare

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

  • Summarizing awards by vendor name
  • Joining to vendor reference tables for normalization
  • Reviewing whether a known contractor appears in Other Transaction IDV records

Common Mistakes

  • Treating the name as a unique vendor identifier
  • Assuming different spellings or punctuation represent different entities

Query Guidance

Select and group by this field only for descriptive reporting. For reliable joins or deduplication, normalize the text and combine it with vendor identifiers or other stable keys; use exact-match filters cautiously because legal names may vary across records.

SQL Examples

Preview values

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

Top values

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