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Is Self Certified Small Disadvantaged Business

Boolean flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified in FPDS as a self-certified small disadvantaged business. A value such as 0/1 or equivalent coded flag represents the reported status for that vendor record, not a narrative certification statement.

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__vendorCertifications__isSelfCertifiedSmallDisadvantagedBusiness
Title
Is Self Certified Small Disadvantaged Business
FPDS Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorCertifications/isSelfCertifiedSmallDisadvantagedBusiness
Description
Boolean flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified in FPDS as a self-certified small disadvantaged business. A value such as 0/1 or equivalent coded flag represents the reported status for that vendor record, not a narrative certification statement.
Business Meaning
This field supports analysis of socio-economic participation, vendor mix, and contracting outcomes for small disadvantaged businesses. It is useful for assessing compliance with acquisition goals, monitoring set-aside performance, and segmenting award activity by supplier status.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
5,862,557

FPDS Compare

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

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 awards or vendors flagged as self-certified small disadvantaged businesses
  • Calculate obligation share to SDB vendors within an IDV or award population
  • Segment compliance and diversity reports by supplier certification status

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the flag is the same as third-party certified or formally verified status
  • Treating 0, null, and missing as equivalent without checking the source encoding

Query Guidance

Use the field as a boolean predicate after confirming its actual encoded values in the dataset, for example `WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorCertifications__isSelfCertifiedSmallDisadvantagedBusiness = 1` or the dataset's equivalent true code. For aggregate analysis, group on the normalized flag and exclude or separately bucket null/unknown values to avoid overstating certification counts.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorCertifications__isSelfCertifiedSmallDisadvantagedBusiness AS is_self_certified_small_disadvantaged_business
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorCertifications__isSelfCertifiedSmallDisadvantagedBusiness IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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