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Is Tribal College

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor’s educational entity is identified as a tribal college in the FPDS vendor site details. It records the presence of that status for the vendor site associated with the award.

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__typeOfEducationalEntity__isTribalCollege
Title
Is Tribal College
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfEducationalEntity/isTribalCollege
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor’s educational entity is identified as a tribal college in the FPDS vendor site details. It records the presence of that status for the vendor site associated with the award.
Business Meaning
This field supports socio-economic and institutional classification analysis for award recipients. Analysts can use it to identify awards involving tribal colleges, assess participation patterns, and support reporting on education-related or tribal entity procurement activity.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

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

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 tribal colleges
  • Segment vendor records by educational institution type
  • Support compliance or reporting reviews tied to tribal entities

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming a null or zero value always means the vendor is not a tribal college without checking source coding rules
  • Treating this as a general vendor attribute instead of a vendor site detail tied to the educational entity classification

Query Guidance

Use the field as a boolean/coded filter in WHERE clauses, but first inspect actual values in the dataset to confirm whether 0/1, Y/N, or another code is used. When possible, join or select the companion description fields for clarity, and standardize the value to a binary indicator before aggregation.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isTribalCollege AS is_tribal_college
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isTribalCollege IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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