{
  "query": {
    "country": "AU",
    "what": "equipment",
    "months": 24
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "AUD",
    "unit": "per contract (lot), total awarded value",
    "value": 25680,
    "measure": "median",
    "median": 25680,
    "typical_low": 11700,
    "typical_high": 149495,
    "min": 10000,
    "max": 10494000
  },
  "sample_size": 249,
  "period": {
    "from": "2026-10-03",
    "to": "2026-10-23"
  },
  "confidence": "high",
  "price_type": "contract_price",
  "as_of": "2026-10-23T08:55:05.172Z",
  "source": {
    "id": "au-contracts",
    "name": "AusTender: Australian Government contract notices",
    "publisher": "Australian Government, Department of Finance (AusTender)",
    "licence": "Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia (CC BY 3.0 AU)",
    "licence_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/",
    "attribution": "Source: Australian Government, Department of Finance, AusTender (api.tenders.gov.au), CC BY 3.0 AU. Figures are ProofPrice aggregates of the published contract notices.",
    "url": "https://www.tenders.gov.au/"
  },
  "method": "Australian Government contract notices published between 2026-10-03 and 2026-10-23 (the newest 21 days, up to 3 pages of 100 per day), found by the words \"equipment\" in the contract title or description. One contract per CN number (the newest amendment). Median and 10th–90th percentile of the agreed contract values in AUD; never supplier or staff names. Totals per contract, not unit prices.",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "Public buyers in Australia (federal agencies) awarded equipment contracts with a median total value of A$25,680 per contract (typical range A$11,700 to A$149,495, 10th to 90th percentile). These are totals per contract (lot), not unit prices. Based on 249 records from Australian Government, Department of Finance (AusTender) (2026-10-03 to 2026-10-23). Confidence: high. Newest award used: 2026-10-23. Each value is the agreed amount over the whole contract (median term 2 months), not a yearly or unit price; amounts under 100 dollars are left out. Busy days were read only up to 300 notices, so this is a sample of the 21-day window. Only the newest 21 days of notices are read, whatever months says.",
  "notice": "Information, not a valuation or offer. Ranges describe past recorded prices.",
  "extra": {
    "value_basis": "total awarded value per contract (lot), not a unit price",
    "newest_award_used": "2026-10-23",
    "matched_filter": "the words \"equipment\" in the contract title or description",
    "notices_read": 2593,
    "contracts_matched": 249,
    "days_read": 21,
    "median_term_months": 2
  },
  "answer_id": "ans_5320639d4ea70f8f05de",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-23T08:55:05.172Z",
  "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": "2026-10-23",
  "data_age_days": 0,
  "suggestions": []
}