Web based delivery pricing system - where to start?

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I've been asked to quote on how long it would take to deliver a system such as can be found here:

http://cgi.tnt.co.uk/ratechecker/enter_details.asp

The client basically wants to give quotes for shipping based on a number of variables such as weight, distance etc, and for it to be accessible through their website.

I've thought of the Drupal/Ubercart/Shipping combination but this isn't really what it's designed for. A paid for, off-the-shelf system would also be great but I can't seem to find any that do this properly..

What would be a good system to start with here, or alternatively is there a system that already does this?

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