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Is Sheltered Workshop

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor organization is identified as a sheltered workshop in the FPDS record. It captures a specific vendor status at the site/organization factor level rather than a contract action outcome.

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__isShelteredWorkshop
Title
Is Sheltered Workshop
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorOrganizationFactors/isShelteredWorkshop
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor organization is identified as a sheltered workshop in the FPDS record. It captures a specific vendor status at the site/organization factor level rather than a contract action outcome.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards involving sheltered workshops, which may be relevant to socio-economic policy review, vendor classification checks, and filtering awards for compliance or program analysis. It supports segmentation of procurement data where vendor organizational characteristics affect reporting or oversight.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

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

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 records for sheltered workshop vendors
  • Segment vendor population by organizational status
  • Support compliance and socio-economic reporting analyses

Common Mistakes

  • Confusing this vendor status flag with contract set-aside or socioeconomic program codes
  • Assuming missing values mean false rather than unknown or not reported

Query Guidance

Use explicit boolean filtering or code mapping, for example WHERE isShelteredWorkshop IN (1, 'Y', 'true') when identifying sheltered workshops. To avoid misclassification, separate false, null, and unreported values in analysis and confirm the dataset's coded value conventions before aggregating.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__isShelteredWorkshop AS is_sheltered_workshop
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__isShelteredWorkshop IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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