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Is Service Related Disabled Veteran Owned Business

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is identified as a service-connected disabled veteran-owned business in the vendor socio-economic indicators section of the Other Transaction IDV record. It captures the vendor’s self-reported or recorded small business classification for that 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__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isServiceRelatedDisabledVeteranOwnedBusiness
Title
Is Service Related Disabled Veteran Owned Business
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/isServiceRelatedDisabledVeteranOwnedBusiness
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is identified as a service-connected disabled veteran-owned business in the vendor socio-economic indicators section of the Other Transaction IDV record. It captures the vendor’s self-reported or recorded small business classification for that contract detail.
Business Meaning
This field supports analysis of awards to service-disabled veteran-owned businesses, a key socioeconomic and policy category in federal procurement. Analysts use it to measure participation, track compliance with set-aside and spending goals, and segment vendor awards by ownership type.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Count or sum awards associated with service-disabled veteran-owned businesses
  • Filter vendor portfolios by socioeconomic ownership status
  • Support compliance and reporting for veteran-owned business participation

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming a 0 value always means the vendor is not eligible rather than not flagged
  • Mixing this indicator with other veteran-related business classifications

Query Guidance

Use this field as a boolean or coded filter in WHERE clauses, normalizing its values to a consistent true/false mapping before analysis. In SQL, test for the affirmative code(s) or true value, and separately handle nulls so absent data is not counted as negative classification.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isServiceRelatedDisabledVeteranOwnedBusiness AS is_service_related_disabled_veteran_owned_business
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isServiceRelatedDisabledVeteranOwnedBusiness IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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