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Contracting Officer Business Size Determination Description

Human-readable description for the Contracting Officer Business Size Determination code in the award record. It names the size status assigned by the contracting officer, such as a small business or other-than-small-business determination.

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

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__vendor__contractingOfficerBusinessSizeDetermination__description
Title
Contracting Officer Business Size Determination Description
FPDS Path
award/vendor/contractingOfficerBusinessSizeDetermination/description
Description
Human-readable description for the Contracting Officer Business Size Determination code in the award record. It names the size status assigned by the contracting officer, such as a small business or other-than-small-business determination.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts understand how the contracting officer classified the vendor for size-status purposes at the time of award. It is important for set-aside analysis, small business reporting, and validating whether award actions align with socioeconomic and size-based procurement policy.
Example Value
OTHER THAN SMALL BUSINESS
Observed Non-Null Count
111,367,755

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Interpret the contracting officer's size determination on an award
  • Support small business and set-aside compliance analysis
  • Map coded size-determination values to readable categories

Common Mistakes

  • Using the description as if it were a separately derived business-size metric
  • Grouping records without first confirming the paired code or source value

Query Guidance

Use this field to label or decode the paired business size determination code in SELECT statements and CASE mappings. For analysis, group on the underlying coded field when available and use this description for display, validation, or lookup joins; filter for exact text only if you have verified the source vocabulary.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__contractingOfficerBusinessSizeDetermination__description AS contracting_officer_business_size_determination_description
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__contractingOfficerBusinessSizeDetermination__description IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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