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Is Foreign Owned and Located

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is foreign-owned and located. It records the FPDS response for the vendor organization factor at the IDV vendor site level, with values such as 0 typically representing false or not indicated and other values reflecting the presence of the condition.

Family: IDV
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__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__isForeignOwnedAndLocated
Title
Is Foreign Owned and Located
FPDS Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorOrganizationFactors/isForeignOwnedAndLocated
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is foreign-owned and located. It records the FPDS response for the vendor organization factor at the IDV vendor site level, with values such as 0 typically representing false or not indicated and other values reflecting the presence of the condition.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards tied to foreign-owned and located vendors, which can be relevant for market characterization, supply chain risk, domestic preference analysis, and compliance reviews. It is useful when assessing how much spending is directed to firms with foreign ownership and foreign operating presence.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
5,862,557

FPDS Compare

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

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 involving foreign-owned and located vendors
  • Segment awards for supply chain or industrial base analysis
  • Support compliance or sourcing reviews by ownership/location status

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming 0 always means no without verifying the dataset's coded values
  • Using this field as a proxy for all foreign vendor activity outside the specific ownership-and-location condition

Query Guidance

Use explicit value mapping in SQL, for example WHERE field IN ('1','Y',1) for true and WHERE field IN ('0','N',0) for false, after confirming the extract's encoding. When comparing across records, separate nulls from false and aggregate with CASE expressions to avoid misclassifying missing data.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__isForeignOwnedAndLocated AS is_foreign_owned_and_located
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__isForeignOwnedAndLocated IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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