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Is Manufacturer of Goods

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor identified on the award record is a manufacturer of the goods being provided. It is stored within the vendor site detail portion of the Other Transaction Award record and captures a specific line-of-business attribute for the site associated with the award. If the source system uses coded values, the observed value should be treated as a status indicator rather than free text.

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__vendorLineOfBusiness__isManufacturerOfGoods
Title
Is Manufacturer of Goods
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isManufacturerOfGoods
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor identified on the award record is a manufacturer of the goods being provided. It is stored within the vendor site detail portion of the Other Transaction Award record and captures a specific line-of-business attribute for the site associated with the award. If the source system uses coded values, the observed value should be treated as a status indicator rather than free text.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts distinguish manufacturers from resellers, distributors, and other intermediaries in procurement data. It is useful for supply-chain analysis, industrial base assessments, domestic sourcing reviews, small business benchmarking, and compliance or preference studies where vendor role affects interpretation of award patterns.
Example Value
1
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Segment awards to manufacturers versus non-manufacturers
  • Support supply-chain and industrial base analysis
  • Filter records for compliance or sourcing studies

Common Mistakes

  • Treating the flag as a descriptive text field instead of a coded indicator
  • Assuming the value applies to the parent company rather than the specific vendor site

Query Guidance

Filter explicitly on the value that represents affirmative status in your dataset, and verify the encoding before hard-coding comparisons. In SQL, normalize to a boolean interpretation when possible, and include null-handling logic to separate unknown from false. Example pattern: WHERE isManufacturerOfGoods IN (1, '1', 'Y', 'Yes') after validating the source encoding.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isManufacturerOfGoods AS is_manufacturer_of_goods
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isManufacturerOfGoods IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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