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Is Foreign Owned and Located

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is foreign owned and located. It records the foreign ownership and location status reported for the vendor's site organization factors on the award record.

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__isForeignOwnedAndLocated
Title
Is Foreign Owned and Located
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorOrganizationFactors/isForeignOwnedAndLocated
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is foreign owned and located. It records the foreign ownership and location status reported for the vendor's site organization factors on the award record.
Business Meaning
This field supports analysis of foreign participation in federal procurement, including supply chain exposure, vendor eligibility screening, and policy or compliance reviews. It can help analysts segment awards involving non-U.S.-owned and non-U.S.-located vendors and assess sourcing patterns tied to geopolitical or regulatory considerations.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

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

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 involving foreign-owned and located vendors
  • Segment spend by vendor ownership and location status
  • Support compliance and sourcing risk analyses

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming 0 always means false without checking the dataset's coding convention
  • Using this field as a proxy for foreign nationality of all corporate affiliates or parent entities

Query Guidance

Filter on the observed affirmative value in your table after confirming the code set, for example WHERE isForeignOwnedAndLocated IN ('1','Y','true'). When aggregating, group by this flag to separate foreign-owned-and-located vendors from others, and validate nulls or blanks as unknown rather than false.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__isForeignOwnedAndLocated AS is_foreign_owned_and_located
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__isForeignOwnedAndLocated IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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