{
  "query": {
    "country": "CO",
    "what": "security guard services"
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "COP",
    "unit": "per contract, total contract value",
    "value": 236619671,
    "measure": "median",
    "median": 236619671,
    "typical_low": 35000000,
    "typical_high": 3851117922,
    "min": 2800000,
    "max": 135246698252
  },
  "sample_size": 924,
  "period": {
    "from": "2025-10-23",
    "to": "2026-10-23"
  },
  "confidence": "high",
  "price_type": "contract_price",
  "as_of": "2026-10-23T12:08:20.710Z",
  "source": {
    "id": "co-secop-contracts",
    "name": "SECOP II: Colombian public contracts (Colombia Compra Eficiente)",
    "publisher": "Agencia Nacional de Contratacion Publica - Colombia Compra Eficiente (SECOP II), on the datos.gov.co open-data portal",
    "licence": "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)",
    "licence_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/",
    "attribution": "Source: Agencia Nacional de Contratacion Publica - Colombia Compra Eficiente, SECOP II Contratos Electronicos, datos.gov.co (CC BY-SA 4.0). Figures are ProofPrice aggregates of the published contracts; share them under the same licence.",
    "url": "https://www.datos.gov.co/d/jbjy-vk9h"
  },
  "method": "SECOP II contracts signed 2025-10-23 to 2026-10-23, recognised by Spanish words in the contract description (security guard services). Median and 10th–90th percentile of the contract value in COP. Totals per contract, not unit prices; suppliers are never named.",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "Colombian public buyers signed security guard services contracts with a median total value of COP 236,619,671 per contract (typical range COP 35,000,000 to COP 3,851,117,922, 10th to 90th percentile). These are totals per contract, not unit prices. Based on 924 records from Agencia Nacional de Contratacion Publica - Colombia Compra Eficiente (SECOP II), on the datos.gov.co open-data portal (2025-10-23 to 2026-10-23). Confidence: high.",
  "notice": "Information, not a valuation or offer. Ranges describe past recorded prices.",
  "extra": {
    "value_basis": "total contract value (signed contract), not a unit price",
    "matched_purchase": "security-guards",
    "newest_collection": "2026-10-23"
  },
  "answer_id": "ans_022810725e71fa8127f3",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-23T12:08:20.709Z",
  "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": []
}