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Is Sheltered Workshop

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the award records the vendor as a sheltered workshop. It identifies a special vendor organization factor rather than a procurement action condition, and the stored value may appear as a code such as 0/1 or a comparable flag.

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__vendorOrganizationFactors__isShelteredWorkshop
Title
Is Sheltered Workshop
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorOrganizationFactors/isShelteredWorkshop
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the award records the vendor as a sheltered workshop. It identifies a special vendor organization factor rather than a procurement action condition, and the stored value may appear as a code such as 0/1 or a comparable flag.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards involving sheltered workshops, which can matter for socioeconomic, compliance, and sourcing reviews. It supports segmentation of vendor populations and assessment of whether awards are being made to organizations with this organizational status.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Contractor profiling and competitor analysis

Common Usage

  • Identify awards associated with sheltered workshop vendors
  • Segment procurement data for compliance or socioeconomic reporting
  • Count or trend awards by vendor organizational status

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming 0 always means false without checking the extract’s coding scheme
  • Treating null or blank as the same as a documented negative response

Query Guidance

Use this field as a boolean filter or grouping dimension after confirming the actual stored codes. Example pattern: WHERE isShelteredWorkshop = '1' or = true, depending on the source encoding; include null handling explicitly when separating unknown from no.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__isShelteredWorkshop AS is_sheltered_workshop
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__isShelteredWorkshop IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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