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Contracting Officer Business Size Determination

Human-readable business-size determination recorded by the contracting officer for the vendor on the award. It reflects the contracting officer’s size decision or classification for the action, often representing a coded or abbreviated value rather than a full narrative.

Family: Award
Category: General
Data Type: string
Semantic Type: attribute
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__vendor__contractingOfficerBusinessSizeDetermination
Title
Contracting Officer Business Size Determination
FPDS Path
award/vendor/contractingOfficerBusinessSizeDetermination
Description
Human-readable business-size determination recorded by the contracting officer for the vendor on the award. It reflects the contracting officer’s size decision or classification for the action, often representing a coded or abbreviated value rather than a full narrative.
Business Meaning
This field matters because business-size status is central to small business reporting, set-aside analysis, and compliance review across federal procurement data. It helps analysts identify how awards were treated for size-status purposes and compare contracting officer determinations across agencies, programs, and award types.
Example Value
O
Observed Non-Null Count
111,367,755

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__vendor__contractingOfficerBusinessSizeDetermination
FPDS XML Path
award/vendor/contractingOfficerBusinessSizeDetermination
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'award/vendor/contractingOfficerBusinessSizeDetermination' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__award__vendor__contractingOfficerBusinessSizeDetermination'.

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Small business and socioeconomic performance analysis
  • Set-aside and award classification review
  • Filtering awards by contracting officer size determination

Common Mistakes

  • Confusing the contracting officer’s determination with the vendor’s self-reported or official SBA size status
  • Using the raw code without checking the applicable code set or observed value meanings

Query Guidance

Use this field as a categorical filter or grouping attribute in SQL, but first validate the code meanings in the dataset or reference mapping. When aggregating, group by the normalized code or decoded label rather than the raw text if the source contains multiple representations of the same determination.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__contractingOfficerBusinessSizeDetermination AS contracting_officer_business_size_determination
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__contractingOfficerBusinessSizeDetermination IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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