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Is Partnership or Limited Liability Partnership

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor’s business type is a partnership or limited liability partnership at the vendor site level. It represents a specific business-organization classification within the Other Transaction Award vendor details.

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__vendorBusinessTypes__businessOrOrganizationType__isPartnershipOrLimitedLiabilityPartnership
Title
Is Partnership or Limited Liability Partnership
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/businessOrOrganizationType/isPartnershipOrLimitedLiabilityPartnership
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor’s business type is a partnership or limited liability partnership at the vendor site level. It represents a specific business-organization classification within the Other Transaction Award vendor details.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards involving partnership structures, which can matter for vendor segmentation, ownership analysis, small business reporting, and entity-type compliance review. It is useful when comparing award patterns across organizational forms or when validating vendor business classifications against socioeconomic or registration data.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__businessOrOrganizationType__isPartnershipOrLimitedLiabilityPartnership
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/businessOrOrganizationType/isPartnershipOrLimitedLiabilityPartnership
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/businessOrOrganizationType/isPartnershipOrLimitedLiabilityPartnership' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__businessOrOrganizationType__isPartnershipOrLimitedLiabilityPartnership'.

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 partnerships or LLPs
  • Segment vendor population by business structure
  • Validate business-type classifications against other vendor attributes

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming all false or null values mean the vendor is not a partnership
  • Using the field as a legal-entity master identifier instead of a status flag

Query Guidance

Use this field in WHERE clauses to isolate records where the partnership/LLP indicator is affirmative, and combine it with vendor identifiers or business-type fields for validation and aggregation. If the extract includes coded values or nulls, check the data dictionary and sample distinct values before hard-coding a filter.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__businessOrOrganizationType__isPartnershipOrLimitedLiabilityPartnership AS is_partnership_or_limited_liability_partnership
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__businessOrOrganizationType__isPartnershipOrLimitedLiabilityPartnership IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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