Excellent info from Matou. My reply to such con merchants, without going into the more coarse specifics, would be "pull the other one, it's got bells on", or "vous me prenez pour un Parisien?", or something similar. There is no way that something like this would fly, they are just trying it on. At the very worst the bon de commande was for the 'etude'.
I would only add that any firm asking me to pay for a quote would be told to take a running jump right from the outset. It is not in the least reasonable to ask for payment for a quote even if for central heating for 450m2. They stand to earn big money from a successful tender, and that's the gamble - getting their bid price right. I've a similar sized place, and got commitment free quotes from a dozen companies before settling on the cheapest 15 years ago.
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