Caterer headaches!

More of a vent really.

My venue has mandatory caterers, you can pick from about five of them. A friend of mine used the same venue and reccomended the caterer she used because they were best at handling a severe food allergy for her brother (because I'm allergic too).
But it is weeks, 2-3 between contact with that caterer. I didn't expect a quick response as I know they are popular but weeks to get information? That's odd to me.
And the other caterers have these questionairres that ask all kinds of things like what's the worst event you've been ect. It feels like an interrogation just to get a ballpark price out of them! If they asked my theme and budget I'd understand but it's just strange questions!
I'm not worried as my date isn't until October of 2020 but because I have limited options of caterers I wanted to choose one sooner rather than later and this seems super annoying for a simple price inquiry.