{
  "query": {
    "country": "US",
    "what": "laptops",
    "months": 24
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "USD",
    "unit": "per contract (lot), total awarded value",
    "value": 34680,
    "measure": "median",
    "median": 34680,
    "typical_low": 1539,
    "typical_high": 459871,
    "min": 101,
    "max": 31804662
  },
  "sample_size": 1077,
  "period": {
    "from": "2024-10-14",
    "to": "2026-10-14"
  },
  "confidence": "high",
  "price_type": "contract_price",
  "as_of": "2026-10-14T21:25:25.256Z",
  "source": {
    "id": "us-usaspending",
    "name": "USAspending.gov: federal contract awards",
    "publisher": "U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service (USAspending.gov)",
    "licence": "No licence is stated for the data. It is US federal government spending data published as open data for public use (the data.gov catalogue lists it with access level 'public'); works of the US federal government are not subject to copyright in the United States (17 U.S.C. 105). The USAspending API's source code is CC0 1.0 Universal.",
    "licence_url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/",
    "attribution": "Source: USAspending.gov, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service. Figures are ProofPrice aggregates of the published federal contract awards; USAspending does not warrant the data.",
    "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/"
  },
  "method": "Federal contract awards and orders (types A, B, C, D) first awarded between 2024-10-14 and 2026-10-14, found by the keyword \"laptop\" in the award description. The window is read in 12 slices of up to 100 awards each. Each award's amount is the total obligated to that contract or order so far. Median and 10th–90th percentile of those totals in USD; never contractor names. Totals per contract, not unit prices.",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "Public buyers in the United States (federal agencies) awarded laptops contracts with a median total value of US$34,680 per contract (typical range US$1,539 to US$459,871, 10th to 90th percentile). These are totals per contract (lot), not unit prices. Based on 1077 records from U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service (USAspending.gov) (2024-10-14 to 2026-10-14). Confidence: high. Newest award used: 2026-10-06. 3430 matching awards exist; the newest 100 of each period slice were read, 1077 usable. Each amount is what had been obligated to the award so far, including later modifications; amounts under 100 dollars are left out.",
  "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": "2026-10-06",
    "matched_filter": "the keyword \"laptop\" in the award description",
    "awards_read": 1077,
    "awards_matching": 3430,
    "slices": 12
  },
  "answer_id": "ans_448d5212ef97e1c6e109",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-14T21:25:25.256Z",
  "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."
  }
}