Free Quotation Generator (United Kingdom)

A quotation for a consumer carries legal weight through the Consumer Rights Act 2015. Under section 50, anything a trader says or writes about the service, including the price, is treated as a term of the contract if the customer took it into account in deciding to buy. It can be qualified only by something said on the same occasion, or changed later by express agreement, so a written quote that states what is included and what is excluded protects both sides.

Where neither the contract nor the trader's statements fix a price, section 51 implies that the customer pays a reasonable price for the service and no more. What is reasonable is a question of fact, so a quote that gives a fixed figure or explains how the price is worked out avoids the dispute. Section 49 separately requires the service to be performed with reasonable care and skill, whatever the quote says.

Selling to the public sector turns a quote into a procurement step. Under the Procurement Act 2023, a regulated below-threshold contract is one under the full-procedure thresholds, which from 1 January 2026 are £135,018 for central government goods and services and £207,720 for other authorities (PPN 023). For notifiable contracts valued at £12,000 or more for central government, or £30,000 or more for others, the authority must publish a below-threshold tender notice before advertising for tenders (section 87), and it may not exclude suppliers by reference to their suitability to perform the contract (section 85).

Once a public authority awards a regulated below-threshold contract, section 88 implies a 30-day payment term from receipt of a valid invoice. The invoice must show the supplier's name, a description of the goods, services or works, the sum requested and a unique identification number, so the quote and invoice should use the same description.