Surly a definitive price is needed before firm commitment can be expected.
All we need is price for one, then a price for multiples, a realistic number will be five or six in the first instance.
If the fluctuating price of steal is holding the price up, then I doubt that a discount for multiples will be significant, not by current demands at least.
If they are active in manufacturing, they will already know of an estimated figure based on last steel stock purchase.
As this is the same firm as trugger used, then all the hard work of templates has been done, so if anything the price should reflect this too.