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Source: vendor's own published pages, service page. Licence: https://biobricks.org/terms.\n\n[enquiry] ENQUIRY SERVER for BioBricks (https://biobricks.org/). What it does: starts an ENQUIRY with human providers for gene synthesis price — the person's details go to the providers who quote directly. What it is NOT: a purchase, an order, or a guaranteed quote. Free, no obligation. Call describe first and tell the person plainly what will happen. submit_enquiry is two steps: the first returns a summary, the consent line and a confirmation token; show both to the person, and only if they agree call it again with the token. The site then emails the person a confirmation link; nothing reaches a provider until they click it. 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