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Is Service Related Disabled Veteran Owned Business

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is identified as a service-disabled veteran-owned business (SDVOSB) on the award record. It is a vendor socio-economic indicator captured under vendor site details for the Other Transaction Award contract detail.

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__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isServiceRelatedDisabledVeteranOwnedBusiness
Title
Is Service Related Disabled Veteran Owned Business
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/isServiceRelatedDisabledVeteranOwnedBusiness
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is identified as a service-disabled veteran-owned business (SDVOSB) on the award record. It is a vendor socio-economic indicator captured under vendor site details for the Other Transaction Award contract detail.
Business Meaning
This field supports set-aside, small business, and socioeconomic participation analysis by identifying awards associated with service-disabled veteran-owned firms. Analysts use it to measure vendor diversity, assess compliance with procurement goals, and segment award activity by veteran-owned status.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

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

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 SDVOSB vendors
  • Calculate obligation or count shares by veteran-owned status
  • Compare award patterns across socioeconomic categories

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming 0 means the vendor is not certified in all external systems
  • Treating NULL as the same as false or 0

Query Guidance

Use explicit logic for coded values, for example `WHERE isServiceRelatedDisabledVeteranOwnedBusiness IN (1, '1', 'Y', 'TRUE')` after validating the actual data domain. If you need a clean indicator, normalize the field with CASE expressions and preserve NULL as unknown rather than false.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isServiceRelatedDisabledVeteranOwnedBusiness AS is_service_related_disabled_veteran_owned_business
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isServiceRelatedDisabledVeteranOwnedBusiness IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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