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Is Limited Liability Corporation

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor organization is classified as a limited liability corporation in the award record. In this FPDS path, it is a vendor organization attribute attached to the contract detail and reflects the vendor site's organizational form.

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__isLimitedLiabilityCorporation
Title
Is Limited Liability Corporation
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorOrganizationFactors/isLimitedLiabilityCorporation
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor organization is classified as a limited liability corporation in the award record. In this FPDS path, it is a vendor organization attribute attached to the contract detail and reflects the vendor site's organizational form.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts profile award recipients by legal structure, which can be relevant for vendor segmentation, socioeconomic research, market composition analysis, and compliance or risk reviews. It can also support cross-tabs on how different entity types participate in federal procurement and whether organizational form correlates with award patterns.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

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

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 vendors organized as LLCs
  • Segment vendor population by legal structure
  • Compare award patterns across entity types

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming 0 always means missing instead of false
  • Using the flag as proof of current legal status rather than record-level classification

Query Guidance

Use explicit boolean or code checks in SQL, and validate whether the dataset stores the flag as 0/1, Y/N, or another coded value. Example pattern: WHERE isLimitedLiabilityCorporation = 1 or WHERE isLimitedLiabilityCorporation IN ('Y','1','true'); also account for nulls separately when counting vendors or calculating rates.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__isLimitedLiabilityCorporation AS is_limited_liability_corporation
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__isLimitedLiabilityCorporation IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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