AAF pathway Acquisition category Acronym Acronyms Activation date Accepted at Address Additional reporting Alternate name Applicant types Assistance recipient type Assistance type Associated records Award ceiling Award date Award floor Awarded federal contract award Awarded federal contract IDV Awarded federal contract vehicle Awarded federal grant award Available date Background color Base and exercised options value Base effective date Blanket purchase agreements Body Business size Business types CAGE codes Case type Ceiling value CFDA number Code Comment Completed at Completion date Contact Content Content snippet Conversation excerpt Contract amount Contract end Contract number Contract start Contract type Contracting organization Created at Creator Cumulative value Date Date signed DBA Decision date Decision text Defense or civilian Defense program type Description Derived hourly rate Division DOD acquisition program Dollars obligated Download URL Due date Due soon Email Education level Estimated annual value Estimated award date Estimated award start date Estimated award value Estimated duration Estimated solicitation release date Estimated value Evaluated preference Extent competed FedBizOpps status Federal agency Federal contract award Federal contract awards Federal contract IDV Federal contract opportunity Federal contract sub-award Federal contract vehicle Federal contract vehicle subcategories Federal dollars obligated Federal grant awards Federal grant opportunities Federal grant program Federal grant sub-awards Federal meta opportunity Federal meta opportunity ID Federal value File number Filed date Filters FIPS code Fiscal year Forecast due date Forecast posting date Forecast type Frequency FTEs Funding activity categories Funding instruments Government files GovTribe AI summary GovTribe ID GovTribe type GovTribe URL Grant number Highlights Has federal contract prime awardees Has federal grant prime awardees Hours invoiced IDV PIID Inherently governmental functions Jurisdictions Last date to order Last modification number Last modified date Last sent Latitude Labor category Legislative mandate Line items Location Longitude Major program code Memory Multiple or single award Minimum years experience NAICS category Name National interest action code NIGP category Non-federal dollars obligated Non-federal value Number of offers received Number of offers received source Opportunity state Opportunity type Organization Original completion date Original ultimate completion date Originating federal contract opportunity Originating federal meta opportunity ID Outcome Owner Parent Parent or child Parent organization details Parent record Part of MAS Past due PDF URL Phone PIID Pipeline Place of performance Posted date Price Price lists Pricing type Priority Program acronym Procurement identifiers Protester PSC category Published date Pursuit Quantity Query Rate year Reason for modification Reason not competed Registration date Registration deleted date Registration expiration date Reopened at Research type Role SBA cert 8(a) entry date SBA cert 8(a) expiration date SBA cert 8(a) joint venture entry date SBA cert 8(a) joint venture expiration date SBA cert EDWOSB entry date SBA cert HUBZone entry date SBA cert HUBZone expiration date SBA cert SDVOSB entry date SBA cert SDVOSB expiration date SBA cert small disadvantaged business entry date SBA cert small disadvantaged business expiration date SBA cert VOSB entry date SBA cert VOSB expiration date SBA cert WOSB entry date SBA certifications Search persistence ID Searches GovTribe type Set-aside type Security clearance Shared ceiling Short name SIN Site name Size Solicitation date Solicitation number Solicitation procedures Source links Source URL Source filename Source locator Source publication fiscal year Source publication title Sorts Stage Stages State State and local contract award State and local contract IDV State and local contract opportunity State and local contract vehicle Status Statutory exception to fair opportunity Structure Subcontractor hours share Subheader Subcontractor count Subtypes Tags Task orders Title Total base and all options value Total contractor hours invoiced Total dollar amount invoiced Total dollars obligated Total FTEs Total value Type Types UEI Ultimate completion date Unit of measure Unit price UNSPSC category Updated at User files USPS code Vendor View results URL Website Worksite

Ceiling value attribute

The potential maximum value reported in SAM.gov Contract Data for an award, contract, or vehicle.

Type: number | null
Data types: Federal contract award, Federal contract IDV
Fields: ceiling_value

Notes

Use this value as a potential maximum or limit, not as money already obligated or spent.
Compare this field with dollars_obligated when you need to separate contract capacity from committed dollars.
Federal contract award and IDV exports label this attribute as Potential Value.

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Case type

The GAO case type assigned to a bid protest record.

CFDA number

The SAM.gov Assistance Listing Number (ALN), formerly CFDA number, associated with a federal grant program.

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