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Is Dot Certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise

Boolean flag indicating whether the vendor site is recorded as a DOT-certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) in the award record. A value of 1/true means the certification condition is present; 0/false means it is not, with null or missing values indicating no recorded status.

Family: Award
Category: Vendor Site Details
Data Type: boolean_or_code_flag
Semantic Type: flag
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorCertifications__isDOTCertifiedDisadvantagedBusinessEnterprise
Title
Is Dot Certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorCertifications/isDOTCertifiedDisadvantagedBusinessEnterprise
Description
Boolean flag indicating whether the vendor site is recorded as a DOT-certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) in the award record. A value of 1/true means the certification condition is present; 0/false means it is not, with null or missing values indicating no recorded status.
Business Meaning
This field supports analysis of DBE participation in federally funded procurement, especially where transportation-related funding or diversity goals are relevant. It helps analysts assess compliance, supplier diversity outcomes, and the extent to which awards are flowing to DOT-certified firms.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Filter awards involving DOT-certified DBEs
  • Measure DBE participation rates by agency, program, or geography
  • Segment obligation totals by vendor certification status

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the flag proves active certification at the time of analysis rather than at reporting
  • Counting nulls as false without checking whether the record is incomplete or unreported

Query Guidance

Use explicit boolean logic in SQL, such as WHERE field = 1 or WHERE field = TRUE depending on the dataset encoding, and handle null separately with IS NULL if completeness matters. When calculating shares, exclude or separately classify nulls so missing data does not get treated as non-certification.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorCertifications__isDOTCertifiedDisadvantagedBusinessEnterprise AS is_dot_certified_disadvantaged_business_enterprise
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorCertifications__isDOTCertifiedDisadvantagedBusinessEnterprise IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorCertifications__isDOTCertifiedDisadvantagedBusinessEnterprise AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorCertifications__isDOTCertifiedDisadvantagedBusinessEnterprise IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY flag_value
ORDER BY record_count DESC

Each dictionary item includes SQL-ready examples generated alongside the variable metadata, allowing immediate use in FPDS Query for filtering, aggregation, and analysis.