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Is for Profit Organization

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor organization is classified as for-profit in the Other Transaction IDV record. It captures the vendor’s profit structure at the vendor-site level for this award record.

Family: Other Transaction IDV
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__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__profitStructure__isForProfitOrganization
Title
Is for Profit Organization
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorOrganizationFactors/profitStructure/isForProfitOrganization
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor organization is classified as for-profit in the Other Transaction IDV record. It captures the vendor’s profit structure at the vendor-site level for this award record.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts distinguish commercial for-profit vendors from non-profit, educational, or other non-for-profit entities when reviewing award populations. It is useful for segmentation, compliance review, and comparing award activity, pricing patterns, and vendor mix across organization types.
Example Value
1
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__profitStructure__isForProfitOrganization
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorOrganizationFactors/profitStructure/isForProfitOrganization
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorOrganizationFactors/profitStructure/isForProfitOrganization' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__profitStructure__isForProfitOrganization'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Contractor profiling and competitor analysis

Common Usage

  • Segment awards by vendor organizational type
  • Exclude or isolate non-profit vendors for targeted analysis
  • Support compliance and vendor mix reporting

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming any non-null value means yes without checking the code set
  • Using this field as a substitute for legal entity classification across all FPDS records

Query Guidance

Filter on the field’s true/yes code or boolean value after confirming the dataset’s encoded representation. Use CASE logic to normalize coded values into a standard binary indicator, and join to companion description fields only when needed for validation or reporting.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__profitStructure__isForProfitOrganization AS is_for_profit_organization
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__profitStructure__isForProfitOrganization IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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