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Is Dot Certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise

Boolean flag indicating whether the vendor is identified as a U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) in the award record. A value such as 1/true typically means the certification condition is met; 0/false means it is not, and null or blank may indicate the information was not reported.

Family: Other Transaction Award
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__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorCertifications__isDOTCertifiedDisadvantagedBusinessEnterprise
Title
Is Dot Certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorCertifications/isDOTCertifiedDisadvantagedBusinessEnterprise
Description
Boolean flag indicating whether the vendor is identified as a U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) in the award record. A value such as 1/true typically means the certification condition is met; 0/false means it is not, and null or blank may indicate the information was not reported.
Business Meaning
This field supports supplier diversity, socioeconomic set-aside, and compliance analysis in transportation-related procurement. Analysts use it to measure participation by DOT-certified DBEs, assess award distribution to certified firms, and monitor whether procurement activity aligns with federal and agency diversity goals.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorCertifications__isDOTCertifiedDisadvantagedBusinessEnterprise
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorCertifications/isDOTCertifiedDisadvantagedBusinessEnterprise
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorCertifications/isDOTCertifiedDisadvantagedBusinessEnterprise' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorCertifications__isDOTCertifiedDisadvantagedBusinessEnterprise'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Contractor profiling and competitor analysis

Common Usage

  • count awards to DOT-certified DBEs
  • segment obligations by vendor diversity status
  • support compliance and small business reporting

Common Mistakes

  • assuming 0 means the vendor is not a DBE in all contexts rather than only this specific DOT certification flag
  • treating null as false without checking reporting completeness

Query Guidance

Use direct equality or truth tests for the affirmative value, and aggregate with null handling. Example pattern: WHERE isDOTCertifiedDisadvantagedBusinessEnterprise = 1; for reporting, use CASE WHEN ... THEN 1 ELSE 0 END and exclude or separately classify nulls when calculating rates.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorCertifications__isDOTCertifiedDisadvantagedBusinessEnterprise AS is_dot_certified_disadvantaged_business_enterprise
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorCertifications__isDOTCertifiedDisadvantagedBusinessEnterprise IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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