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Is Partnership or Limited Liability Partnership

Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor’s business type is a partnership or limited liability partnership within the IDV vendor site details hierarchy. It is a classification flag tied to the vendor business type structure, not a measure of performance or award activity.

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__vendorBusinessTypes__businessOrOrganizationType__isPartnershipOrLimitedLiabilityPartnership
Title
Is Partnership or Limited Liability Partnership
FPDS Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/businessOrOrganizationType/isPartnershipOrLimitedLiabilityPartnership
Description
Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor’s business type is a partnership or limited liability partnership within the IDV vendor site details hierarchy. It is a classification flag tied to the vendor business type structure, not a measure of performance or award activity.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts segment suppliers by legal organizational form, which can matter for ownership analysis, socioeconomic research, vendor profiling, and compliance reviews. It is useful when comparing award patterns, competition, or risk characteristics across entity types that may have different tax, liability, or governance structures.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
5,862,557

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__businessOrOrganizationType__isPartnershipOrLimitedLiabilityPartnership
FPDS XML Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/businessOrOrganizationType/isPartnershipOrLimitedLiabilityPartnership
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/businessOrOrganizationType/isPartnershipOrLimitedLiabilityPartnership' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__businessOrOrganizationType__isPartnershipOrLimitedLiabilityPartnership'.

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 vendors classified as partnerships or LLPs
  • Segment supplier populations by legal form
  • Support compliance or ownership analysis by entity type

Common Mistakes

  • Using the flag as a proxy for small business status or socioeconomic designation
  • Assuming a 0 value means the vendor is not a partnership when it may also reflect missing or unreported data depending on the source

Query Guidance

In SQL, filter explicitly on the field’s observed truthy value when identifying partnerships or LLPs, and verify whether the source stores the flag as 0/1, Y/N, or another code. When possible, join or inspect companion description fields and treat nulls separately from false values to avoid misclassification.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__businessOrOrganizationType__isPartnershipOrLimitedLiabilityPartnership AS is_partnership_or_limited_liability_partnership
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__businessOrOrganizationType__isPartnershipOrLimitedLiabilityPartnership IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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