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Is Tribally Owned Firm

Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor is identified as a tribally owned firm in the award record. It is a socioeconomic status flag attached to the vendor site details for an Other Transaction 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__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isTriballyOwnedFirm
Title
Is Tribally Owned Firm
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/isTriballyOwnedFirm
Description
Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor is identified as a tribally owned firm in the award record. It is a socioeconomic status flag attached to the vendor site details for an Other Transaction Award.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts measure participation by tribal-owned businesses in federal procurement and other transaction activity. It supports supplier diversity reporting, socioeconomic spend analysis, and review of opportunities directed to or awarded to tribally owned entities.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

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

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 for tribally owned vendors
  • Calculate spend or award counts for tribal-owned businesses
  • Compare tribal participation across agencies, periods, or award types

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming 0 always means false without confirming the system's code mapping
  • Using this field as definitive legal proof of tribal ownership rather than reported status

Query Guidance

Use this field in WHERE clauses to isolate tribally owned vendors after confirming the code values in your dataset, e.g. `WHERE isTriballyOwnedFirm = 1` or the equivalent true value. When aggregating, pair it with obligation amount, action date, and award identifiers; if the field is sparsely populated, account for NULLs separately from explicit false values.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isTriballyOwnedFirm AS is_tribally_owned_firm
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isTriballyOwnedFirm IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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