Government Contracts

The government spending data provides comprehensive information about government contracts, transactions, product specifications, entity details, locations, competition, and compensation.

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Input Datasets

Governmental Filings

Models Used

Parsing, Regex, Entity Recognition

Model Outputs

Standardized Contracts

Description

This dataset provides comprehensive information about government contracts, including details on transactions, product specifications, entities, locations, competition, and compensation.

It offers investors valuable insights into companies' relationships with government agencies, allowing for risk assessment, comparative analysis, and informed decision-making in the context of government spending and contracts.

Data Access

Contracts Data

Data about contract award details, potential total value, federal action obligations, performance duration, and recipient details.

from sovai import sov
df_contracts = sov.data("spending/contracts", tickers=["MSFT","TSLA"])

Transactions Data:

The data includes information about individual transactions related to contracts, such as federal action obligations, transaction descriptions, and last modified dates.

from sovai import sov
df_transactions = sov.data("spending/transactions", tickers=["MSFT","TSLA"])

Product Specifications

Data about the products or services associated with contracts, such as product or service code descriptions, NAICS codes and descriptions, country of origin, and sustainability information.

from sovai import sov
df_product = sov.data("spending/product", tickers=["MSFT","TSLA"])

Entity Specification

Data about the entities involved in contracts, such as recipient unique identifiers, recipient names, parent company details, and matching information with other datasets like Bloomberg.

from sovai import sov
df_entities = sov.data("spending/entities", tickers=["MSFT","TSLA"])

Location Data

Data about the geographical locations associated with contracts, such as recipient country, address, city, county, state, and zip code, as well as the primary place of performance details.

from sovai import sov
df_location = sov.data("spending/location", tickers=["MSFT","TSLA"])

Competition Data:

Data related to the competition aspect of contracts, such as the extent of competition, number of offers received, and solicitation procedures.

from sovai import sov
df_competition = sov.data("spending/competition", tickers=["MSFT","TSLA"])

Compensation Date

Data about the compensation of highly compensated officers in recipient organization, only published voluntarily by a few companies.

from sovai import sov
df_compensation = sov.data("spending/compensation")

Data Dictionaries

Government Contracts

Column NameDescriptionExample

ticker

Stock ticker symbol identifying the company.

TSLA

date

Date of the record.

2023-10-02

contract_award_unique_key

Unique key identifying the prime award.

CONT_AWD_SPE7LX24F0359_9700_SPE7LX22D0144_9700

potential_total_value_of_award

Total amount that could be obligated on a contract if all options are exercised.

8526.629883

total_federal_action_obligation

Total value of federal obligations for the contract.

8526.629883

obligation_value_difference

Difference between the total federal action obligation and the potential total value of the award.

0.0

performance_duration

Duration of the contract's performance period in days.

30.0

awards_past_year

Count of awards per recipient name in the past year.

7.0

transactions_per_award

Count of unique transactions per award.

1.0

prime_award_base_transaction_description

Description of the transaction or award at the prime award level.

8510186794!BATTERY POWER SUPPLY

period_of_performance_start_date

Agreed start date for the contract's requirements.

2023-10-02

period_of_performance_current_end_date

Scheduled completion date for the contract.

2023-11-01

period_of_performance_potential_end_date

Date when awardee effort is completed if all potential options were exercised.

2023-11-01

extension_days_available

Number of days available for extension.

0.0

time_to_start_performance

Number of days between the action date and the period of performance start date.

0.0

modification_number

Identifier of an action indicating the specific change to the initial award.

0

last_modified_date

The date capturing the change or modification.

2023-10-02

recipient_name

The name of the awardee or recipient associated with the unique identifier.

TESLA INDUSTRIES, INC.

recipient_uei

Unique Entity Identifier of the recipient organization.

WK5RYJL58YY9

Government Transactions

Column NameDescriptionExample

contract_transaction_unique_key

A system-generated key used to uniquely identify each contract transaction record. It's a concatenation of various elements like agencyID, PIID, etc., with 'none' used for blank fields.

9700_9700_8Z03_0_DAAB1502D1002_0

federal_action_obligation

Amount of the Federal government’s obligation, de-obligation, or liability, in dollars, for a transaction.

248398.0

transaction_description

Description of the transaction or award.

CLIN 0129AA AST - MESSAGING TECHNOLOGIES

contract_award_unique_key

Unique key to identify the prime award. It's a concatenation of elements such as PIID, agencyID, ParentAwardId, and Referenced IDV Agency Identifier, with 'none' for blank fields.

CONT_AWD_8Z03_9700_DAAB1502D1002_9700

last_modified_date

Date when the transaction record was last modified.

2019-10-16T00:00:00

Product Specifications

Column NameDescriptionExample

ticker

Stock ticker symbol identifying the company.

TSLA

contract_award_unique_key

Unique key to identify the prime award, consisting of concatenation of elements like PIID, agencyID, ParentAwardId, and Referenced IDV Agency Identifier.

CONT_AWD_SPE7LX20F345T_9700_SPE7LX18D0042_9700

product_or_service_code_description

Description explaining the meaning of the product or service code.

CONVERTERS, ELECTRICAL, NONROTATING

naics_code

North American Industrial Classification System Code assigned to the solicitation and resulting award.

335999.0

naics_description

The title associated with the NAICS Code.

ALL OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND COMPONENT MFG

country_of_product_or_service_origin

Country of origin of the product or service.

UNITED STATES

place_of_manufacture

Description explaining the place of manufacture.

MFG IN U.S.

epa_designated_product

Description explaining the EPA-Designated Product Field.

NOT REQUIRED

recovered_materials_sustainability

Description explaining the Recovered Materials/Sustainability Field.

NO CLAUSES INCLUDED AND NO SUSTAINABILITY INCLUDED

Entity Specification

Column NameDescriptionExample

ticker

Stock ticker symbol identifying the company.

TSLA

recipient_uei

Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) of the recipient organization, used in financial and business reporting processes.

WK5RYJL58YY9

recipient_parent_uei

Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) of the highest-level parent organization of the recipient.

WK5RYJL58YY9

recipient_name

The name of the awardee or recipient that relates to the unique identifier, as filed in formation documents with individual states.

TESLA INDUSTRIES, INC.

recipient_parent_name

The name of the ultimate parent of the awardee or recipient.

TESLA INDUSTRIES, INC.

names

A name associated with the recipient entity, derived during data processing and matching.

TESLA INDUSTRIES, INC.

similarity

A score representing the similarity between the 'names' field and a corresponding entity in another dataset, used for data matching.

0.9562

bloomberg_share_id

Bloomberg Share ID, a unique identifier for a share class at the Bloomberg level, obtained through data matching with Bloomberg's dataset.

BBG001SQKGD7

For the misstatements, all of the variables have been changed into negative indicators, so that when the company overreports the financial health and corrects it later on, that is a negative sign.

Location Dictionary

Column NameDescriptionExample

ticker

Stock ticker symbol identifying the company.

TSLA

contract_award_unique_key

Unique key to identify the prime award, a concatenation of PIID, agencyID, ParentAwardId, and Referenced IDV Agency Identifier.

CONT_AWD_0542_9700_SPM7MX13D0089_9700

recipient_country_name

The name corresponding to the country code of the awardee or recipient.

UNITED STATES

recipient_address_line_1

First line of the awardee or recipient’s legal business address.

109 CENTERPOINT BLVD

recipient_city_name

Name of the city in which the awardee or recipient’s legal business address is located.

NEW CASTLE

recipient_county_name

Name of the county in which the awardee or recipient’s legal business address is located.

NEW CASTLE

recipient_state_code

United States Postal Service two-letter abbreviation for the state or territory in which the awardee or recipient’s legal business address is located.

DE

recipient_state_name

The name or abbreviation for the state, territory, or province in which the award recipient's legal business address is located.

DELAWARE

recipient_zip_4_code

USPS zoning code associated with the awardee or recipient’s legal business address for domestic recipients only.

197204180

primary_place_of_performance_country_code

Country code where the predominant performance of the award will be accomplished.

USA

primary_place_of_performance_country_name

Name of the country where the predominant performance of the award will be accomplished.

UNITED STATES

primary_place_of_performance_city_name

The name of the city where the predominant performance of the award will be accomplished.

NEW CASTLE

primary_place_of_performance_county_name

The name of the county where the predominant performance of the award will be accomplished.

NEW CASTLE

primary_place_of_performance_state_code

USPS two-letter abbreviation for the state or territory indicating where the predominant performance of the award will be accomplished.

DE

primary_place_of_performance_state_name

The name of the state or territory where the predominant performance of the award will be accomplished.

DELAWARE

primary_place_of_performance_zip_4

ZIP code identifying where the predominant performance of the award will be accomplished.

197204180

same_country

Is the place of performance the same as the location of the recepient

1

same_state

Is the place of performance the same as the location of the recepient

1

Competition Dictionary

Column NameDescriptionExample

ticker

Stock ticker symbol identifying the company.

TSLA

contract_award_unique_key

Unique key to identify the prime award, a concatenation of PIID, agencyID, ParentAwardId, and Referenced IDV Agency Identifier.

CONT_AWD_0162_9700_SPM43003D4053_9700

extent_competed

Description explaining the meaning of the code provided in the Extent Competed Field.

FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION AFTER EXCLUSION OF S...

number_of_offers_received

The number of actual offers/bids received in response to the solicitation.

2.0

solicitation_procedures

Description explaining the meaning of the code provided in the Solicitation Procedures Field.

ONLY ONE SOURCE

Compensation

Column NameDescriptionExample

ticker

Stock ticker symbol identifying the company.

ACCA

date

Date of the record.

2018-10-31

recipient_uei

Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) of the recipient organization, used in financial and business reporting processes.

K5TBNBLVG1F8

recipient_name

The name of the awardee or recipient that relates to the unique identifier, as filed in formation documents with individual states.

ID TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

recipient_parent_name

The name of the ultimate parent of the awardee or recipient.

ACACIA INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LLC

highly_compensated_officer_1_name

The name of an individual identified as one of the five most highly compensated "Executives."

CHRISTOPHER OLIVER

highly_compensated_officer_1_amount

The cash and noncash dollar value earned by the first of the five most highly compensated “Executives” during the awardee's preceding fiscal year.

485518.12500

highly_compensated_officer_2_name

The name of an individual identified as the second of the five most highly compensated "Executives."

DYLAN CONNER

highly_compensated_officer_2_amount

The cash and noncash dollar value earned by the second of the five most highly compensated “Executives” during the awardee's preceding fiscal year.

820596.2500

highly_compensated_officer_3_name

The name of an individual identified as the third of the five most highly compensated "Executives."

GAVIN LONG

highly_compensated_officer_3_amount

The cash and noncash dollar value earned by the third of the five most highly compensated “Executives” during the awardee's preceding fiscal year.

519297.12500

highly_compensated_officer_4_name

The name of an individual identified as the fourth of the five most highly compensated "Executives."

JEFFERY PANEBIANCO

highly_compensated_officer_4_amount

The cash and noncash dollar value earned by the fourth of the five most highly compensated “Executives” during the awardee's preceding fiscal year.

818678.1250

highly_compensated_officer_5_name

The name of an individual identified as the fifth of the five most highly compensated "Executives."

THOMAS BRADY

highly_compensated_officer_5_amount

The cash and noncash dollar value earned by the fifth of the five most highly compensated “Executives” during the awardee's preceding fiscal year.

365064.81250

Use Cases

Understanding these tables is essential for investors:

  • Risk Assessment: By analyzing the Misstatement and its industry-adjusted tables, investors can gauge the risk associated with a company's financial reporting.

  • Comparative Analysis: The industry-adjusted tables enable investors to compare companies within the same sector on a like-for-like basis, making the analysis more relevant and accurate.

  • Informed Decision-Making: Comprehensive data covering raw financials and industry-adjusted scores empowers investors to make well-informed investment decisions.


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