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Is Self Certified Small Disadvantaged Business

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor identified in the award record is a self-certified small disadvantaged business. It captures the certification status stored under vendor site details for the specific award transaction, rather than a narrative description of the firm.

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__isSelfCertifiedSmallDisadvantagedBusiness
Title
Is Self Certified Small Disadvantaged Business
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorCertifications/isSelfCertifiedSmallDisadvantagedBusiness
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor identified in the award record is a self-certified small disadvantaged business. It captures the certification status stored under vendor site details for the specific award transaction, rather than a narrative description of the firm.
Business Meaning
This field supports analysis of awards to small disadvantaged businesses, including socioeconomic set-aside performance, supplier diversity tracking, and compliance reviews. It helps analysts measure how often contracts are awarded to firms that self-attest to SDB status and compare that against procurement goals or policy requirements.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

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

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 self-certified small disadvantaged businesses
  • Calculate socioeconomic award counts and obligation totals
  • Segment vendor diversity and set-aside reporting

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the flag proves current certification outside the award record
  • Treating coded values as text without checking the dataset representation

Query Guidance

Use this field in WHERE clauses only after confirming its stored representation, for example comparing to 1, 'Y', or the dataset's equivalent true value. For reporting, aggregate by the flag and join to award amount or action identifier fields to compute counts and obligations; if available, pair with the related description field or source values to avoid misclassification.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorCertifications__isSelfCertifiedSmallDisadvantagedBusiness AS is_self_certified_small_disadvantaged_business
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorCertifications__isSelfCertifiedSmallDisadvantagedBusiness IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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