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Is Sheltered Workshop

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor organization is identified as a sheltered workshop in the Other Transaction Award vendor site details. A value such as 0 typically means no, while a nonzero/true value indicates yes, depending on the source encoding.

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__isShelteredWorkshop
Title
Is Sheltered Workshop
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorOrganizationFactors/isShelteredWorkshop
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor organization is identified as a sheltered workshop in the Other Transaction Award vendor site details. A value such as 0 typically means no, while a nonzero/true value indicates yes, depending on the source encoding.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards associated with sheltered workshops, which can be relevant for socioeconomic oversight, compliance review, and supplier diversity analysis. It can also support segmentation of vendor populations when studying award patterns or contract support channels.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

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

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 tied to sheltered workshop vendors
  • Count or trend sheltered workshop participation over time
  • Segment vendors for compliance or diversity reporting

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming 0 always means false without checking the dataset's encoding
  • Using the flag as a measure of vendor size, capability, or quality

Query Guidance

Use the field as a filter or grouping flag in SQL, for example `WHERE isShelteredWorkshop = 1` or the equivalent true code in your extract. Include null handling explicitly, and if the data is stored as text or mixed codes, normalize values before aggregation.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__isShelteredWorkshop AS is_sheltered_workshop
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__isShelteredWorkshop IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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