Search Notification - details

The Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ) invites you to submit spontaneous tenders for «Seasonal products» to be sold in its network of outlets for the summer 2014 campaign.

In order to fulfill the specific needs for the above mentioned category, the SAQ intends to select approximately SEVEN (7) products in this search notification within the different types of products (non-exhaustive list):

Still rosé wine

Sparkling rosé wine

Moscato (beading wine type, excluding sparkling and fizzy wine)

Summer Aperitifs

IMPORTANT:

Within the framework of this search notification, the SAQ wants to meet the demands of its clients for new and diverse products. The products sold within the framework of the summer 2013 campaign should not resubmit for this campaign, unless they were sold exclusively at SAQ Dépôt. Products having obtained the best performance during the summer 2013 campaign will be considered for this campaign. If a product is reintroduced for 2014, the supplier will be advised by the end of August, 2013.

There will be no possibility of order renewal for the products of the summer 2014 campaign during the year.

Some products could be selected to be sold within the framework of a specific event, for example: Cellier release or others.

Note: The products must meet the following criteria:

Availability:

2013 vintage only for still rosé wines

No specific vintage is requested for sparkling wine and moscato

Minimum availability of 1,000 standard cases (9 litres) for the summer campaign

For Quebec rosé wine only: forecast an estimated volume of 400 cases for the summer campaign

Minimum availability of 150 standard cases (9 litres) for a specific event

Format:

Container of 750 ml or more (or) multiple packaging for a maximum of 1 litre.

Container:

All type of containers

If it is an alternative packaging, please consult the information contained in the section "Particularity"

Promotional budget:

A promotional budget is required (for the products selected for the summer 2014 campaign) to cover displays and promotion fees of 6.25% off the supplier price. It must be registered in the section "Budget and others" of the submission form. If the product is selected, this budget will be invoiced directly to the supplier according to the number of cases bought by the SAQ.

Sample (still rosé wine only):

For producers of the southern hemisphere: the vintage of the sample must be 2013

For producers of the northern hemisphere: the vintage of the sample must be 2012

Sending the wrong vintage or a brut de cuve will automatically disqualify the offer.

Order:

Only one order will be issued by mid-November 2013 for the northern hemisphere products and by mid-October 2013 for the southern hemisphere products. The suppliers must be prepared to ship the order, at the latest, the last week of January 2014 for the northern hemisphere products and the last week of November 2013 for the southern hemisphere products.

Action plan:

If the SAQ determines that certain products have surplus inventory during the campaign and that our sales previsions indicate that the stock will not be sold by August 24^th 2014, the supplier agrees to put forward an action plan to accelerate the liquidation of all stocks. This plan must be effective in the outlets at the latest on August 4, 2014. Note: This action plan along with its budget must be submitted to the SAQ during the final selection of this search of notification at the following email address: sara@saq.qc.ca.

Within the specifications of this search notification, the SAQ reserves the right to retain one or more products among the not selected offers in order to fill the needs of the SAQ Dépôt banner. In order to be considered for the SAQ Dépôt banner, the offer will have to include a discount of at least 15% off the supplier price. This discount will result in the participation in the "scale reduction" offered to the customer.

Selection criteria:

SAQ will carry out the final selection in order to insure the diversity and the complementarity of the offer.

The offer submitted onto the SAQ Catalogue of offers will be analysed as of May 27^th, 2013.

The code ESTV14 will have to be written in the cell «Sales leaflet», section «Others», page «Notoriety» . ATTENTION: only offers with the code ESTV14 will be considered within this search notification.

Kindly note that only spontaneous offers duly completed and submitted online including a non-refundable payment of CA$ 198.60 by credit card, will be considered.

For more details concerning how to fill up the form, please do not hesitate to communicate with our Business Relations Assistance Service (SARA), either by mail at sara@saq.qc.ca or by phone at 514 254-2711.