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Is Tribally Owned Firm

Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor associated with the award is identified as a tribally owned firm. It flags tribal ownership status at the vendor site level within 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__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isTriballyOwnedFirm
Title
Is Tribally Owned Firm
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/isTriballyOwnedFirm
Description
Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor associated with the award is identified as a tribally owned firm. It flags tribal ownership status at the vendor site level within the award record.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts measure procurement activity directed to tribally owned businesses and assess compliance with socioeconomic and small business contracting goals. It is useful for tracking set-aside usage, diversity of awardees, and spending patterns involving tribal entities.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Count awards or obligation dollars to tribally owned firms
  • Segment socioeconomic performance reports by tribal ownership
  • Filter vendor populations for small business and diversity analysis

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming NULL or blank means not tribally owned rather than unknown or unreported
  • Using the flag without checking whether the extract stores booleans as numeric or text codes

Query Guidance

Filter explicitly on the affirmative value used in your dataset (for example, = 1 or = 'Y'), and handle NULL separately if you need to distinguish unknown from false. When aggregating, group by the flag only after confirming whether it is stored as a boolean, numeric code, or text indicator.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isTriballyOwnedFirm AS is_tribally_owned_firm
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isTriballyOwnedFirm IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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