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Addendum - Call for tender - Gift Packs - 2012 Holiday campaign
Product Line: Specialty
Expiration Date: 2012/02/23   (YYYY/MM/DD) Time Left Expired
 
Notes: The Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ) invites you to submit your Gift Pack tender to be sold in its network of outlets for the 2012 Holiday period campaign.

Your tender that will include the submission form (New Gift Pack Product Submission Form), in Excel format, one digital photo of the gift pack and of the labels in .jpg standard and a cheque of CA$ 198.60 must be received to our offices BY THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2012, at 5:00 p.m., Montreal local time - Québec (Canada).

Within the framework of the 2012 Gift Pack operation, please note that some products of the 2011 campaign will be renewed. The SAQ selected these products and will contact the agents representing them, by February 10, 2012.

The SAQ wishes to fulfill the following needs:

THREE (3) new gift packs:

- Suggested retail price: maximum CA $ 40.00
- The amount of the gift (packaging, box gift, gifts, etc.) must not exceed 30% off the retail price

Excluding:
Spirits: Liqueur and cream, Eau-de-vie & Brandy, Alcohol and geneva
Refreshing drinks : Cooler, Beer
Aperitif
Dessert wines: Rosé wine, Port, Dessert wine

Criteria to be observed :

- NO NEW LIQUID ALCOHOL or FORMAT, the liquid must have been already sold at the SAQ (having an active code.)

- Be one of the best sellers in its category.

- The nature of the product.

- The number of included bottles as well as their format, in the fields foreseen for this purpose.

- The price of the gift pack must be split in two parts: the price of the alcoholic product and the price of the non-alcoholic part (packaging, box gift, gifts, etc).  Both prices must be clearly identified separately, in the fields foreseen for this purpose, in the section Supplier's price for shipping case.

- All the gift packs must contain one or more alcoholic products.

- The gift pack must not contain food products.

- The UPC code mentioned on the packaging has to be different from the code registered on the alcoholic product, if the case is.

- In order to cover displays and promotion fees, a promotional budget by case of minimum 6.25% off supplier's price is required. This amount will be invoiced to the supplier. This information must be registered in the section 2.1 of the Form. The supplier can propose an additional budget which will be taken into consideration at the time of evaluation.

- The selected products will have to be packed by the supplier before the shipping.

Specifications of the Call for tenders

- The SAQ codes of the product(s) from the gift packs must be registered on the page 1 of the form.

- If it already existed, the SAQ code of the gift pack sold at the SAQ must be registered at the point E, of the page 2 of the form.

-The offers indicating a 15% discount off the supplier's price for sale in the SAQ Dépôt will be taken into consideration for the aforementioned banner. In this case, please specify in the field Other advantages (free text), page 3 of the Form, that you propose the product for the SAQ Dépôt banner, in accordance with the requested conditions.

-Two (2) samples of the final and complete product will have to be sent, only for the selected products, by May 4, 2012, at the latest upon the SAQ request.

- A limited number of the retained products for the outlets could be considered for an advertising insert for the Seasonal Gift Ideas (at SAQ's own discretion).

Assessment of the offers - criteria

1. Originality of the product for the new submitted gift packs
2. Retail price ratio with regard to the alcoholic product already sold in the outlets
3. Visual evaluation of the product and quality/appeal of the non-alcoholic part of the gift pack
4. Additional promotional budget
5. Diversity of the offers

How to submit an offer

Fill out the Excel format New Gift Pack Product Submission Form, available on the online gateway http://www.saq-b2b.com/.

Fill out all the applicable fields in the form

Send a distinct e-mail for each tender at selectiondesproduits@saq.qc.ca

Indicate the enclosure number (Encl. No.) in the object of the e-mail

The cheque, intended for the SAQ, must indicate the enclosure NUMBER (Encl. No.) available on the Form. It must be sent at the following address:

SAQ - Administration & operations - (write the Encl. No.)
905, avenue De Lorimier, 3rd floor
Montréal (Québec) H2K 3V9
CANADA

Note: The amount indicated on the cheque may be written in Canadian dollars or the equivalent in one of the currencies accepted by the SAQ, see the exchange rates table below. The currency of payment must correspond with the currency symbol printed on the cheque. No change to the currency on the cheque will be accepted.

Exchange rates

The exchange rates applicable for this call for tenders are the latest published by the SAQ on the www.saq-b2b.com, in effect on February 29, 2012.

Code    Country             Currency      Value

CAD    Canada              Dollar           1.0000
USD    United States     Dollar           1.0332
AUD    Australia            Dollar           1.0324
NZD    New Zealand       Dollar           0.8018
XEU    Europe                Euro            1.2999

Other conditions

The SAQ reserves the right to not accept any of the received tenders, as well as to cancel this present call for tenders and reject all proposals with no compensation to the submitters and without the SAQ being held liable for any costs or losses incurred by the submitters.

The SAQ will consider that any omission, abstention, inaccurate or nonconforming elements with one or other of the provisions of this call for tenders will make unacceptable the tender and subsequently will cancel the offer.

No changes will be permitted once the call for tenders is closed.

For more precision, the SAQ is not held to accept a proposal of a product even if it corresponds to a specific need listed in this call for tenders.

If, at the end of the evaluation of the offers, the product is selected, the supplier must commit to observe the applicable conditions of the Purchasing and Merchandising Policy.

The SAQ will not assume any expenditure incurred by the recipient, concerning the preparation and the submission its offer.

All the received offers, all the documents and other items received during the treatment of the proposal become the exclusive property of the SAQ.

In order to avoid any confusion, please wait for SAQ's answer and instructions before sending the required labels and samples.

For more information about how to fill out the form, please contact our Business Relations Assistance Department (Service d'Assistance aux Relations d'Affaires - SARA) by phone, at: 514-254-2711 or by email at: sara@saq.qc.ca.


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