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Your legal rights in this situation will depend on whether a contract existed between you and the supplier. A contract is a legally binding agreement between two or more people. Contracts can be oral or written.

For a contract to exist, the law says that certain things must exist. For example, one party to the contract must make an offer to do something (e.g. sell a product or provide a service). Once an offer has been made, the other party must accept the offer through words or conduct. And lastly, a contract must involve ‘consideration’, which is something of value (usually money) that is given in return for the goods or services.

You said you received a quote for the supply of an item. A quote is not generally considered to be an ‘offer’ in the eyes of the law. Whether something qualifies as an offer depends on the intention of the party making it. Usually, when a person gives a quote, they are simply inviting another person to do business with them. The person giving the quote does not intend to become immediately bound by the terms of the quote if the person receiving the quote agrees to its terms or price.

From the information you provided, it appears that the quote was merely an invitation to do business with you. This means that a contract has not been formed between you and supplier, and therefore you are unable to legally force the supplier to provide the item at the original price.