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Contracting Officer Business Size Determination Description

Human-readable description for the contracting officer’s business size determination in an IDV record. This is the text label associated with the coded business size determination field, such as "SMALL BUSINESS".

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

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__vendor__contractingOfficerBusinessSizeDetermination__description
Title
Contracting Officer Business Size Determination Description
FPDS Path
IDV/vendor/contractingOfficerBusinessSizeDetermination/description
Description
Human-readable description for the contracting officer’s business size determination in an IDV record. This is the text label associated with the coded business size determination field, such as "SMALL BUSINESS".
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts interpret how the contracting officer classified the vendor’s business size for procurement reporting and set-aside analysis. It is useful for validating socioeconomic reporting, reviewing award distribution by business size, and reconciling coded FPDS values with readable labels.
Example Value
SMALL BUSINESS
Observed Non-Null Count
5,836,807

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Interpreting business size determinations on IDV records
  • Grouping awards by small business or other size categories
  • Validating coded FPDS business size values against readable labels

Common Mistakes

  • Using the description field as if it were the coded source value
  • Assuming all text values are standardized without checking for spelling or formatting variation

Query Guidance

Use this field as a display or validation field in SQL, typically alongside the paired business size code. Normalize text if grouping on descriptions, and prefer the coded field for filtering while using this description for QA, reporting labels, or exception review.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__contractingOfficerBusinessSizeDetermination__description AS contracting_officer_business_size_determination_description
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__contractingOfficerBusinessSizeDetermination__description IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__contractingOfficerBusinessSizeDetermination__description AS value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__contractingOfficerBusinessSizeDetermination__description 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.