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Is Self Certified Small Disadvantaged Business

Indicates whether the vendor represented in the Other Transaction Award record is a self-certified small disadvantaged business. This is a boolean or coded flag stored at the vendor site certification level, and it reflects the vendor's reported status rather than a broader award-level socioeconomic classification.

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__vendorCertifications__isSelfCertifiedSmallDisadvantagedBusiness
Title
Is Self Certified Small Disadvantaged Business
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorCertifications/isSelfCertifiedSmallDisadvantagedBusiness
Description
Indicates whether the vendor represented in the Other Transaction Award record is a self-certified small disadvantaged business. This is a boolean or coded flag stored at the vendor site certification level, and it reflects the vendor's reported status rather than a broader award-level socioeconomic classification.
Business Meaning
This field supports supplier diversity, socioeconomic participation, and compliance analysis in federal procurement and other transaction awards. Analysts use it to measure participation by small disadvantaged businesses, assess vendor mix, and support reporting tied to equity or set-aside-related objectives.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

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

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 self-certified small disadvantaged businesses
  • Calculate vendor diversity or socioeconomic participation rates
  • Segment spend or award counts by certification status

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming a value of 0 always means the vendor is not small disadvantaged rather than simply not flagged
  • Using this field as a substitute for a broader small disadvantaged business determination without checking related certifications

Query Guidance

Use this field in WHERE clauses or CASE expressions after confirming its coding scheme, for example filtering to true/1 values or grouping by the flag and handling nulls explicitly. When joining or aggregating, interpret it at the vendor site certification level and avoid counting duplicate vendor-site rows as separate businesses unless that is the analytic intent.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorCertifications__isSelfCertifiedSmallDisadvantagedBusiness AS is_self_certified_small_disadvantaged_business
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorCertifications__isSelfCertifiedSmallDisadvantagedBusiness IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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