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Is Sba Certified Hub Zone

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified in FPDS as SBA-certified HUBZone. It is a certification attribute attached to the vendor site certification record, not a contract outcome or performance measure. The stored value may appear as a flag such as 0/1, so confirm the observed encoding in the dataset.

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__isSBACertifiedHUBZone
Title
Is Sba Certified Hub Zone
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorCertifications/isSBACertifiedHUBZone
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified in FPDS as SBA-certified HUBZone. It is a certification attribute attached to the vendor site certification record, not a contract outcome or performance measure. The stored value may appear as a flag such as 0/1, so confirm the observed encoding in the dataset.
Business Meaning
This field supports analysis of HUBZone-certified participation in federal contracting, including socioeconomic set-aside tracking, vendor eligibility review, and policy compliance monitoring. It helps analysts measure awards involving firms associated with HUBZone certification and assess how often this status appears across obligations, agencies, and time periods.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

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

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 HUBZone-certified vendors
  • Segment obligations by socioeconomic certification
  • Support compliance and small business reporting

Common Mistakes

  • Treating the flag as proof of award set-aside status
  • Counting vendor site certification rows as unique awards without deduplication

Query Guidance

Use this field in WHERE clauses only after verifying the code mapping for true/false or 1/0 semantics. Example pattern: WHERE isSBACertifiedHUBZone = 1; if the dataset stores text or mixed codes, normalize values first and consider DISTINCT award identifiers to avoid double counting.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorCertifications__isSBACertifiedHUBZone AS is_sba_certified_hub_zone
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorCertifications__isSBACertifiedHUBZone IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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