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Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the IDV is associated with the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program. It identifies records that fall under this specific procurement program condition in the FPDS competition section.

Family: IDV
Category: Competition
Data Type: boolean_or_code_flag
Semantic Type: flag
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__competition__smallBusinessCompetitivenessDemonstrationProgram
Title
Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program
FPDS Path
IDV/competition/smallBusinessCompetitivenessDemonstrationProgram
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the IDV is associated with the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program. It identifies records that fall under this specific procurement program condition in the FPDS competition section.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts isolate awards tied to a specialized small business program and assess how often it is used, by whom, and alongside what competition outcomes. It is useful for compliance review, program participation analysis, and measuring small business-related procurement activity within IDVs.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
3,468,633

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__competition__smallBusinessCompetitivenessDemonstrationProgram
FPDS XML Path
IDV/competition/smallBusinessCompetitivenessDemonstrationProgram
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'IDV/competition/smallBusinessCompetitivenessDemonstrationProgram' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__IDV__competition__smallBusinessCompetitivenessDemonstrationProgram'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Competition and sole-source analysis

Common Usage

  • Filter IDVs covered by the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program
  • Segment competition analysis for small business program participation
  • Support compliance and oversight reporting on special procurement authorities

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming 0 always means false without confirming the domain-specific encoding
  • Using the field alone to infer small business status of the award without checking related competition and set-aside fields

Query Guidance

Use this field as a filter on the IDV competition record, but first confirm the stored representation in your extract. In SQL, test explicitly for the approved indicator value(s) rather than relying on truthy evaluation, and combine it with award type, competition, and set-aside fields when building program-level analyses.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__competition__smallBusinessCompetitivenessDemonstrationProgram AS small_business_competitiveness_demonstration_program
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__competition__smallBusinessCompetitivenessDemonstrationProgram IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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