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Is Partnership or Limited Liability Partnership

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor’s business type is a partnership or limited liability partnership. It identifies the vendor’s legal organization status within the vendor business type details for the award record.

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__vendorBusinessTypes__businessOrOrganizationType__isPartnershipOrLimitedLiabilityPartnership
Title
Is Partnership or Limited Liability Partnership
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/businessOrOrganizationType/isPartnershipOrLimitedLiabilityPartnership
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor’s business type is a partnership or limited liability partnership. It identifies the vendor’s legal organization status within the vendor business type details for the award record.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts segment awards by vendor legal structure, which can matter for socioeconomic screening, vendor portfolio analysis, and entity-type profiling. It is useful when examining whether partnerships or LLPs have different award patterns, compliance characteristics, or participation in specific acquisition programs.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__businessOrOrganizationType__isPartnershipOrLimitedLiabilityPartnership
FPDS XML Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/businessOrOrganizationType/isPartnershipOrLimitedLiabilityPartnership
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/businessOrOrganizationType/isPartnershipOrLimitedLiabilityPartnership' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__businessOrOrganizationType__isPartnershipOrLimitedLiabilityPartnership'.

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 partnership or LLP vendors
  • Segment vendor universe by legal organization type
  • Support compliance and vendor diversity analyses

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming 0 always means false without checking the dataset’s code convention
  • Using this field alone to classify the full legal status of the vendor

Query Guidance

In SQL, filter on the true/positive coded value only after confirming the extract’s encoding, for example `WHERE isPartnershipOrLimitedLiabilityPartnership = 1` or the equivalent true code. If the field is nullable or coded, standardize values first and join to any related description field when available for validation.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__businessOrOrganizationType__isPartnershipOrLimitedLiabilityPartnership AS is_partnership_or_limited_liability_partnership
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__businessOrOrganizationType__isPartnershipOrLimitedLiabilityPartnership IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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