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Is Indian Tribe

Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor is an Indian Tribe for the award record. It reflects the socio-economic status attached to the vendor site in FPDS and may appear as a flag value rather than a full-text label.

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__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isIndianTribe
Title
Is Indian Tribe
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/isIndianTribe
Description
Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor is an Indian Tribe for the award record. It reflects the socio-economic status attached to the vendor site in FPDS and may appear as a flag value rather than a full-text label.
Business Meaning
This field supports analysis of awards to Indian Tribal entities, including set-aside compliance, socio-economic targeting, and distribution of federal contracting dollars across eligible vendor groups. It is useful for measuring participation, identifying tribe-related awards, and segmenting procurement outcomes by vendor classification.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

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

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 Indian Tribe vendors
  • Calculate spend or counts for tribe-related procurement
  • Support socio-economic compliance and diversity reporting

Common Mistakes

  • Interpreting coded values without verifying the code meaning
  • Using the field alone as proof of eligibility without checking related vendor attributes

Query Guidance

Use this field as a boolean or code flag in WHERE clauses and groupings, e.g. filter for the affirmative value or normalize to true/false before aggregation. If the dataset stores multiple coded representations, inspect distinct values first and map them explicitly in SQL rather than assuming a single standard format.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isIndianTribe AS is_indian_tribe
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isIndianTribe IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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