FPDS Query Library
About Us
Contact Us

Is1862 Land Grant College

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor’s site is identified as an 1862 Land Grant College in the IDV vendor site details. The field records the presence of that specific educational-entity classification rather than a general education 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__typeOfEducationalEntity__is1862LandGrantCollege
Title
Is1862 Land Grant College
FPDS Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfEducationalEntity/is1862LandGrantCollege
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor’s site is identified as an 1862 Land Grant College in the IDV vendor site details. The field records the presence of that specific educational-entity classification rather than a general education status.
Business Meaning
This flag helps analysts identify awards tied to a particular class of higher-education institutions, which can matter for socioeconomic, institutional, and spend-pattern analysis. It is useful when assessing award distribution across land-grant colleges, tracking institutional participation in federal procurement, or supporting compliance and reporting review.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
5,862,557

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__is1862LandGrantCollege
FPDS XML Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfEducationalEntity/is1862LandGrantCollege
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfEducationalEntity/is1862LandGrantCollege' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__is1862LandGrantCollege'.

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 associated with 1862 Land Grant Colleges
  • Segment vendor universe by institution type
  • Support compliance or diversity-style reporting on educational entities

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming a 0 value means the vendor is not a college rather than simply not flagged as 1862 land grant
  • Using the flag as a proxy for overall vendor type or eligibility without checking related education fields

Query Guidance

In SQL, filter explicitly for the positive coded value used in your extract, such as = 1 or = 'Y', and confirm the dataset’s code set before production use. When available, join or inspect related type-of-educational-entity fields to distinguish this flag from other institutional classifications.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__is1862LandGrantCollege AS is1862_land_grant_college
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__is1862LandGrantCollege IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__is1862LandGrantCollege AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__is1862LandGrantCollege 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.