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Contracting Officer Business Size Determination

A coded indicator of the contracting officer’s small-business size determination for the IDV vendor. It represents the business-size status recorded at the time of the indefinite delivery vehicle and is not a narrative explanation; the example value "S" indicates a coded value rather than a full label.

Family: IDV
Category: General
Data Type: string
Semantic Type: attribute
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__vendor__contractingOfficerBusinessSizeDetermination
Title
Contracting Officer Business Size Determination
FPDS Path
IDV/vendor/contractingOfficerBusinessSizeDetermination
Description
A coded indicator of the contracting officer’s small-business size determination for the IDV vendor. It represents the business-size status recorded at the time of the indefinite delivery vehicle and is not a narrative explanation; the example value "S" indicates a coded value rather than a full label.
Business Meaning
This field supports analysis of how federal acquisitions are classified for small-business participation and eligibility under the awarding contracting officer’s determination. It is useful for segmenting IDVs by vendor size status, assessing small-business awards, and reconciling procurement policy outcomes across vehicles and portfolios.
Example Value
S
Observed Non-Null Count
5,836,808

FPDS Compare

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

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 IDVs by small-business size determination
  • Group awards by size-status code for portfolio reporting
  • Cross-tabulate size determination with NAICS, agency, or vehicle type

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the field contains a human-readable label instead of a code
  • Using it as a current vendor certification or SAM status indicator

Query Guidance

Select this field as a categorical attribute and group or filter on the raw code values; do not parse it as free text. When possible, join to a reference lookup or decode table to map codes such as S to their meanings, and apply date/record-level filters so the determination is analyzed in the correct contract context.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__contractingOfficerBusinessSizeDetermination AS contracting_officer_business_size_determination
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__contractingOfficerBusinessSizeDetermination IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__contractingOfficerBusinessSizeDetermination AS value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__contractingOfficerBusinessSizeDetermination IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY value
ORDER BY record_count DESC
LIMIT 25

Each dictionary item includes SQL-ready examples generated alongside the variable metadata, allowing immediate use in FPDS Query for filtering, aggregation, and analysis.