Request for quotation vs quotation

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Request for quotation' is used when asking for a price quote from a supplier or vendor, while 'quotation' is used to refer to the actual price quote provided by the supplier or vendor.

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Request for quotation

This phrase is correct and commonly used when asking for a price quote from a supplier or vendor.

This phrase is used when you want to formally ask a supplier or vendor to provide you with a price quote for goods or services.

Examples:

Please send us a request for quotation for the items listed in the attached document.
The project manager submitted a request for quotation to several potential suppliers.
We are in the process of preparing a request for quotation for the construction project.

Alternatives:

RFQ (abbreviation for Request for Quotation)
price quote request
quotation request
quote request
price estimate request

quotation

This phrase is correct and commonly used to refer to the actual price quote provided by a supplier or vendor.

This phrase is used to refer to the document or communication that contains the price quote for goods or services provided by a supplier or vendor.

Examples:

The supplier sent us a detailed quotation for the materials we requested.
Please review the quotation and let us know if you have any questions.
The quotation provided by the vendor was within our budget.

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Actually, Barnum never even said the famous quotation.
The quotation is from the Schulz report.
The JASDAQ automated quotation system became operational in 1991.
Please send me your best quotation.
Guarantee good service and quality from PCB quotation to delivery.
Please contact us at [emailprotected] for a specific quotation.
See the 6 billion dollar quotation of Amazon.
Here ends this fifty-year old quotation.
Includes case studies and quotation form.
I used the blank pages for a suitable quotation.
It's a quotation from Theodore Roosevelt.
Study the quotation, think about what it might mean.
I'll end with a quotation by Mahatma Gandhi.
Now, Bill Buckley, if the quotation is exact...
Okay, here's what the quotation means.
You see, he inscribed it with a quotation from Alexander Pope.
That quotation occurs to me quite often in my profession.
A famous quotation can be found -
Each of the concerto's five movements is based on a quotation from József.
The quotation uses them as an example of extremely minor details.

Alternatives:

price quote
quote
estimate
bid
proposal

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Request for quotation vs quotation