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Is Tribal Government

Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor entity is a tribal government. It captures the vendor site's business type classification in the IDV record, not a contract action status.

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__isTribalGovernment
Title
Is Tribal Government
FPDS Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/isTribalGovernment
Description
Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor entity is a tribal government. It captures the vendor site's business type classification in the IDV record, not a contract action status.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards involving tribal government entities, which can affect socioeconomic tracking, jurisdictional analysis, policy reporting, and interpretation of procurement relationships with federally recognized tribal governments.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
5,862,557

FPDS Compare

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

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 associated with tribal governments
  • Segment socioeconomic or jurisdiction-based vendor analyses
  • Support compliance and reporting queries for tribal entity participation

Common Mistakes

  • Confusing this vendor classification with Indian/Native ownership or individual tribal affiliation
  • Using the field as a measure of award eligibility or contract set-aside status

Query Guidance

Use the field as a filter or grouping flag in SQL, but first confirm the actual coded values in your dataset (for example, 1/0, Y/N, or TRUE/FALSE). When aggregating, exclude nulls explicitly if you need only classified records, and join to descriptive reference fields if available to validate the code meaning.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__isTribalGovernment AS is_tribal_government
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__isTribalGovernment IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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