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Is Hispanic Servicing Institution

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor’s line-of-business record identifies it as a Hispanic servicing institution. In FPDS, this is a vendor-site attribute stored under vendor line of business details and may appear as a coded value rather than a free-text label. The field represents the recorded condition for the vendor site, not a narrative explanation.

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__vendorLineOfBusiness__isHispanicServicingInstitution
Title
Is Hispanic Servicing Institution
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isHispanicServicingInstitution
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor’s line-of-business record identifies it as a Hispanic servicing institution. In FPDS, this is a vendor-site attribute stored under vendor line of business details and may appear as a coded value rather than a free-text label. The field represents the recorded condition for the vendor site, not a narrative explanation.
Business Meaning
This field supports vendor characterization, socioeconomic segmentation, and compliance-oriented review in federal procurement analysis. Analysts may use it to understand how vendors are classified in FPDS and to support reporting on participation by institutions serving specific communities. It can also help validate vendor profile completeness and detect patterns in award distribution among categorized entities.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

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

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 to vendors identified as Hispanic servicing institutions
  • Segment vendor populations for demographic or socioeconomic analysis
  • Validate coded vendor profile attributes against related site details

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the flag describes the award instead of the vendor site
  • Treating a numeric code as universally standardized without checking the extract

Query Guidance

Use explicit value tests after confirming the stored representation, for example WHERE isHispanicServicingInstitution = 1 or = 'Y' or = 'true' depending on the feed. If the column is nullable or coded, normalize values in a CASE expression and join only at the intended vendor-site grain to avoid double counting.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isHispanicServicingInstitution AS is_hispanic_servicing_institution
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isHispanicServicingInstitution IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isHispanicServicingInstitution AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isHispanicServicingInstitution 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.