{
  "query": {
    "country": "ZA",
    "what": "laptops"
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "ZAR",
    "unit": "per contract, total contract value",
    "value": 768091,
    "measure": "median",
    "median": 768091,
    "typical_low": 360026,
    "typical_high": 2253500,
    "min": 272227,
    "max": 2616537
  },
  "sample_size": 6,
  "period": {
    "from": "2024-10-22",
    "to": "2026-10-22"
  },
  "confidence": "low",
  "price_type": "contract_price",
  "as_of": "2026-10-23T08:53:50.519Z",
  "source": {
    "id": "za-etenders-contracts",
    "name": "National Treasury eTenders: South African public contracts (OCDS)",
    "publisher": "National Treasury of South Africa (eTenders portal), republished by the Open Contracting Partnership",
    "licence": "Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and Licence (PDDL)",
    "licence_url": "https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/",
    "attribution": "Source: National Treasury of South Africa, eTenders OCDS data, via the Open Contracting Partnership data registry (PDDL). Figures are ProofPrice aggregates of the published contracts.",
    "url": "https://data.open-contracting.org/en/publication/143"
  },
  "method": "National Treasury eTenders signed contracts dated 2024-10-22 to 2026-10-22, recognised by words in the contract description (laptops). Median and 10th–90th percentile of the contract value in ZAR, from contracts recorded as active. Totals per contract, not unit prices; suppliers are never named.",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "South African public buyers signed laptops contracts with a median total value of ZAR 768,091 per contract (typical range ZAR 360,026 to ZAR 2,253,500, 10th to 90th percentile). These are totals per contract over the whole contract period, not unit prices. Based on 6 records from National Treasury of South Africa (eTenders portal), republished by the Open Contracting Partnership (2024-10-22 to 2026-10-22). Confidence: low.",
  "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": "laptops",
    "newest_collection": "2026-10-22"
  },
  "answer_id": "ans_5b175987c16f7235a941",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-23T08:53:50.519Z",
  "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": "thin",
  "data_as_of": "2026-10-22",
  "data_age_days": 1,
  "suggestions": [
    "Few records stand behind this range: widen the period or the area for a steadier figure.",
    "Treat it as a rough guide and ask for an itemised quote before deciding."
  ]
}