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Is for Profit Organization

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is classified as a for-profit organization in the Other Transaction Award record. The value reflects the vendor organization factor stored at the contract detail level and is used to identify the entity's profit status.

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__vendorOrganizationFactors__profitStructure__isForProfitOrganization
Title
Is for Profit Organization
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorOrganizationFactors/profitStructure/isForProfitOrganization
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is classified as a for-profit organization in the Other Transaction Award record. The value reflects the vendor organization factor stored at the contract detail level and is used to identify the entity's profit status.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts segment awards by vendor ownership and tax/status type, which is important for comparing award patterns, compliance review, and portfolio analysis across for-profit and non-profit recipients. It can also support policy questions where vendor type affects eligibility, award strategy, or reporting treatment.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__profitStructure__isForProfitOrganization
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorOrganizationFactors/profitStructure/isForProfitOrganization
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorOrganizationFactors/profitStructure/isForProfitOrganization' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__profitStructure__isForProfitOrganization'.

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 to for-profit vendors
  • Compare award volumes and obligations by vendor type
  • Support compliance and segmentation analysis

Common Mistakes

  • Interpreting the flag as a financial profit metric
  • Assuming blank, null, and coded false values have the same meaning

Query Guidance

Use equality predicates on the observed true/false or code value for this field, and standardize null handling before analysis. If the dataset exposes both a code and a description, join or inspect the paired description to confirm the intended classification before aggregating.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__profitStructure__isForProfitOrganization AS is_for_profit_organization
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__profitStructure__isForProfitOrganization IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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