$12,000 / 91 foot = $131 per linear foot. That sounds high. I'd get some other estimates. Do they have to carry the debris out in buckets climbing up stairs and then carry the gravel fill and new cement back down stairs in buckets? Even if they do, $12,000 still sounds high for two days work for 4 to 6 workers.
I've never worked with that company but I have seen the big discount if you buy something today scam. I got some quotes for rain guttters for a house. One salesman quoted a price three times what it was worth and then offered a "BIG" discount to only twice what it was worth if I bought that day. That salesman advertized on television.
A reputable contractor should leave a quote that is good for several weeks or a month. If a reputable contractor gets other job orders while you are thinking about it, then your completion date may move out further, but the quoted price should remain good.
As others have said, rain gutters or french drains and good landscaping can move a lot of water away from a building, especially if there is enough slope or a nearby storm drain so the water cannot return to the building.
An inside tile line is a good medium cost solution that works when the ground water table is up to the basement floor. I had a house where that had been retrofit in by the first owner, it still worked well 20 years later. Again the sump pump must move the water far enough away that it cannt return to the basement. It's usually illegal to discharge a sump pump into a sanitary sewer, but most battery/municipal water back-up pumps just don't have enough lift and capacity to avoid doing that during a power failure.
An outside tile line is the best sloution for a new home, but I would be somewhat concerned about completely digging all the ground away from the outside of an older foundation. If a basement wall bows or gets pushed in when back filling, it will be expensive to fix. I'd try gutters and re-landscaping first, and then the inside tile line second.
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