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price to be advised and quoted separately

In the sentence above, is the word quoted a short form of to be quoted?

Should it be price to be advised and quote separately?

Edit to add more context: I saw the sentence on a price calculation form. The form has a list of items with prices. A few items without price have this statement price to be advised and quoted separately.

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The sentence is expressing two distinct thoughts:

  • Price to be advised separately
  • Price to be quoted separately

Just like in mathematics, things that are common to the two clauses ("common factors") can be extracted ("factored") out:

Price to be [advised and quoted] separately

I would not call this an example of good writing. It is too verbose, and I don't know what "advised" adds to the sentence that isn't conveyed by "quoted." I would write it as Price quoted separately and leave it at that.

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  • Sorry, should have provided more context. I saw the sentence on a price calculation form. The form has a list of items with prices. A few items without price have this statement price to be advised and quoted separately. I assume it means it requires a consultation to determine the final price and will be quoted separately? - I'll add this to the OP.
    – FlyingPenguin
    Commented Jun 8, 2021 at 22:40
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    @FlyingPenguin, thanks for the additional context but it doesn't change any of my answer.
    – randomhead
    Commented Jun 8, 2021 at 22:42
  • Thanks! By omitting to be advised, does it remove the need for consultation?
    – FlyingPenguin
    Commented Jun 8, 2021 at 22:45
  • @FlyingPenguin, you could say it does, but I'm not convinced in the first place that "price to be advised" means "we must have a consultation." It's a term I'm familiar with—perhaps it is common to say that in the pricing and procurement industry, or perhaps the writer is not being clear.
    – randomhead
    Commented Jun 8, 2021 at 23:17
  • It's a standard piece of business terminology, copied from one form to another for decades, so it doesn't have to be good English (whether that means elegant, terse, unambiguous, or something else.)
    – Stuart F
    Commented Sep 18, 2023 at 14:42

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