Call for Tenders - details

Within the framework of the private agreements process, the SAQ invites you to submit tenders for spirits for its REGULAR PRODUCTS Catalogue to be sold in its network of outlets. In order to be selected, the products must satisfy one of the following requirements: 

• Product intended to be launched on a national or international scale;
• Product in extension of a range or of a performing brand at the SAQ;
• Product having an enormous success in terms of sales in all the other provinces of Canada, in United States and elsewhere in the world.

Procedural requirements

• All suppliers will have the opportunity to offer spirits in any time through the Web catalogue, outside the call for tenders process.
• The tenders must be filled out online. Registration fees will be the same as those that apply to Regular Product Call for tenders, i.e. CA$131.15 and are non-refundable.
• Suppliers will be contacted only if SAQ is interested in their offers.
• A product selected through the "private agreements'' process can be the subject of negotiations between the SAQ and the supplier.
• The selected product must observe the applicable conditions of the SAQ Purchasing and Merchandising Policy.
• The SAQ reserves the right to not accept any of the received tenders, with no compensation to the submitters and without the SAQ being held liable for any costs or losses incurred by the submitters.

Product submission

Please submit your private agreements for spirits by selecting the Call for tenders tab on the online gateway you are registered.

Exchange rates

Please find hereafter the exchange rates applicable for this call for tenders when deposited online

Code                Country                       Currency          Exchange

CAD                  Canada                        Dollar               1,0000

USD                  United States                Dollar               0,9973

AUD                  Australia                       Dollar               1,0290

NZD                  New Zealand                 Dollar               0,7996

XEU                  Europe                         Euro                 1,2874

Other conditions

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 Service (Service d'Assistance aux Relations d'Affaires - SARA) by phone, at 514-254-2711 or by email at sara@saq.qc.ca.