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Is Limited Liability Corporation

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor organization is identified as a limited liability corporation in the vendor site record. It captures a legal-form attribute of the vendor entity associated with the Other Transaction IDV contract detail.

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__isLimitedLiabilityCorporation
Title
Is Limited Liability Corporation
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorOrganizationFactors/isLimitedLiabilityCorporation
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor organization is identified as a limited liability corporation in the vendor site record. It captures a legal-form attribute of the vendor entity associated with the Other Transaction IDV contract detail.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts segment vendors by organizational structure, which can be relevant for compliance review, vendor profiling, and market structure analysis. It may also support cross-tab analysis of award patterns by vendor type when assessing who receives federal transactions.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

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

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 vendors identified as limited liability corporations
  • Segment vendor base by legal organization type
  • Support compliance or vendor-profile reporting

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the flag indicates business size or socioeconomic status
  • Filtering on the raw value without confirming whether 0/1, Y/N, or another code convention is used

Query Guidance

Use explicit value checks based on the observed encoding, such as = 1, = 'Y', or = 'true' for affirmative records, and verify null handling separately. If the dataset includes a description field or code-to-label mapping, join or inspect it to confirm the intended meaning before aggregating.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__isLimitedLiabilityCorporation AS is_limited_liability_corporation
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__isLimitedLiabilityCorporation IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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