{
  "query": {
    "country": "CA",
    "buyer_area": "Alberta",
    "what": "all"
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "CAD",
    "unit": "per contract, total awarded value",
    "value": 195000,
    "measure": "median",
    "median": 195000,
    "typical_low": 20000,
    "typical_high": 3899332,
    "min": 10000,
    "max": 400000000
  },
  "sample_size": 1671,
  "period": {
    "from": "2024-10-24",
    "to": "2026-10-24"
  },
  "confidence": "high",
  "price_type": "contract_price",
  "as_of": "2026-10-24T11:05:58.269Z",
  "source": {
    "id": "ca-ab-sole-source",
    "name": "Alberta sole-source service contracts",
    "publisher": "Government of Alberta (Open Alberta)",
    "licence": "Open Government Licence - Alberta",
    "licence_url": "https://open.alberta.ca/licence",
    "attribution": "Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Alberta. Source: Government of Alberta, Sole-source service contracts. Figures are ProofPrice aggregates (changes made: grouped, medians and ranges calculated).",
    "url": "https://open.alberta.ca/opendata/sole-source-service-contracts"
  },
  "method": "Alberta government sole-source service contracts (CA$10,000 or more, awarded without competition) starting 2024-10-24 to 2026-10-24. Median and 10th–90th percentile of the contract value in CAD. Totals per contract, not unit prices; suppliers are never named.",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "Alberta departments awarded all sole-source service contracts with a median total value of CA$195,000 per contract (typical range CA$20,000 to CA$3,899,332, 10th to 90th percentile). These are contract values awarded without competition, not market prices or unit prices. Based on 1671 records from Government of Alberta (Open Alberta) (2024-10-24 to 2026-10-24). Confidence: high.",
  "notice": "Information, not a valuation or offer. Ranges describe past recorded prices.",
  "extra": {
    "value_basis": "total contract value (sole-source, no competition), not a unit price",
    "matched_purchase": "all",
    "newest_collection": "2026-10-24"
  },
  "answer_id": "ans_99808e2dce55b66a2636",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-24T11:05:58.268Z",
  "evidence": {
    "type": "contract_price",
    "label": "Contract award value",
    "meaning": "The value of a contract awarded under public procurement rules: it shows what a buyer agreed to pay for that contract, not a price list for the same goods or services."
  },
  "reliability": "record_level",
  "data_as_of": "2026-10-24",
  "data_age_days": 0,
  "suggestions": []
}