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| Appel d’offres«Produit Spécialité–Février 2009» / Call for tenders "Specialty Product-February 2009" |
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| Product Line: | All Categories | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Expiration Date: | 2008/12/11 (YYYY/MM/DD) | Time Left: | Expired | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ) invites you to submit tenders for SPECIALTY PRODUCTS – March 2009 analysis period to be sold in its network of outlets. Your tenders filled in online including the payment of CA$128.75 by credit card, must be submitted BY THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2008, at 11:59 PM, Montreal local time - Québec (Canada) AT THE LATEST. WARNING Please note that NEW general criteria and other conditions are mentioned after the specific needs. The SAQ intends to retain approximately 160 specialty products for this call for tenders. Among these products, it wishes to fulfill the following specific needs: SOUTH AFRICA - SIX (6) wines accompanying meal distributed as follows: FOUR (4) red wines accompanying meal TWO (2) white wines accompanying meal Container format: 750 ml Asset for the red wines: Bordeaux type blends (Cabernet-sauvignon, Cabernet franc, Merlot, Petit verdot) GERMANY – TWO (2) red wines accompanying meal : Container format: 750 ml Assets: Varietals: Pinot noir (or Spätburgunder) Regions: Baden and Ahr ARGENTINA – SIX (6) wines accompanying meal distributed as follows: TWO (2) white wines FOUR (4) red wines Container format: 750 ml Assets: Retail price between CA$15.00 and CA$25 for the red wines Retail price between CA$14.00 and CA$18.00 for the white wines Varietals: Malbec, Torrontes, Bordeaux type blends (Cabernet-sauvignon, Cabernet franc, Merlot, Petit verdot) Region: Patagonia; provinces: Rio Negro, Neuquen and AUSTRALIA - SIX (6) wines accompanying meal distributed as follows: FOUR (4) red wines accompanying meal TWO (2) white wines accompanying meal Container format: 750 ml Asset for the red wines: Bordeaux type blends (Cabernet-sauvignon, Cabernet franc, Merlot, Petit verdot) CANADA – NINE (9) wines accompanying meal distributed as follows: SIX (6) red wines accompanying meal THREE (3) white wines accompanying meal Container format: 750 ml Suggested retail price for the red wines: lower than CA$60.00 Suggested retail price for the white wines: lower than CA$40.00 Limited to the provinces of Ontario and British Colombia Asset: VQA mention CHILE – FIVE (5) wines accompanying meal distributed as follows: ONE (1) white wine FOUR (4) red wines Container format: 750 ml Asset: Varietal: Carmenère, Bordeaux type blends (Cabernet-sauvignon, Cabernet franc, Merlot, Petit verdot) VARIOUS COUNTRIES WHITE – FOUR (4) sakes, distributed as follows: Limited to the following country of origin: Japan THREE (3) sakes limited to the following varietals: Junmai daiginjo, Junmai ginjo, Daiginjo Container format: between 300 ml and 750 ml ONE (1) sake, no particular type, excluding Junmai daiginjo, Junmai ginjo, Daiginjo Container format: equal or bigger than 4,000 ml ( Limited to Bag-in-the-Box container type Please indicate a DELIVERED DUTY UNPAID Incoterm price (DDU: SAQ-Montreal warehouse) in the Supplier’s price section. SPAIN - SIX (6) wines accompanying meal distributed as follows: FOUR (4) red wines accompanying meal TWO (2) white wines accompanying meal Container format: 750 ml Assets: For the white wines: Albarino varietal For the red wines: Tempranillo, Mencia varietal Regions: Toro and Bierzo FRANCE – ALSACE – FOUR (4) white wines accompanying meal : Container format: 750 ml Limited to the 2007 vintage Asset: Muscat varietal FRANCE – BEAUJOLAIS – SIX (6) red wines accompanying meal : Container format: 750 ml Limited to the following appellations: Brouilly, Chénas, Chiroubles, Côte-de-brouilly, Fleurie, Juliénas, Morgon, Moulin-à-vent, Régnié et Saint-amour Asset: 2005 and 2006 vintages FRANCE BORDEAUX - SIX (6) white wines accompanying meal : Container format: 750 ml Limited to the 2007 vintage Asset: appellations other than Bordeaux and Bordeaux supérieur FRANCE – BOURGOGNE - SIX (6) wines accompanying meal distributed as follows: THREE (3) red wines accompanying meal Container format: 750 ml Limited to the premier cru and grand cru Limited to the appellations of the Côte d’Or (Côtes de Beaune et Côte de Nuits) Retail price lower than CA$100.00 Excluding the 2007 vintage Asset: 2005 vintage THREE (3) red wines accompanying meal Container format: 750 ml Limited to the Bourgogne generic appellation Retail price lower than CA$35.00 Asset: vintage other than 2007 FRANCE - SOUTH-WEST – NINE (9) wines accompanying meal distributed as follows: SIX (6) red wines accompanying meal Container format: 750 ml Limited to the following appellations: Buzet, Côtes-du-brulhois, Irouleguy, Marcillac and Pécharmant Asset: 2005 and 2006 vintages THREE (3) white wines accompanying meal Container format: 750 ml Limited to the following appellations: Bergerac, Gaillac, Jurançon, Pacherenc-du-vic-bilh, Montravel and Côtes-de-duras Asset: 2005, 2006 and 2007 vintages FRANCE – LOIRE VALLEY – NINE (9) wines accompanying meal distributed as follows: SIX (6) white wines accompanying meal Container format: 750 ml Limited to the following appellations: Quincy, Reuilly, Savennières, Montlouis, Jasnières and Muscadet-sur-ile Asset: 2005, 2006 and 2007 vintages THREE (3) red wines accompanying meal Container format: 750 ml Limited to the following appellations: Cheverny, Sancerre and Bourgueuil Asset: 2005 and 2006 vintages FRANCE – RHONE VALLEY – FOUR (4) wines accompanying meal distributed as follows: THREE (3) red wines accompanying meal ONE (1) white wine accompanying meal Limited to the appellations of the northern part of the region: Côte-rotie, Condrieu, Saint-Joseph, Crozes-hermitage, Hermitage, Cornas and Saint-péray Asset: 2005 and 2006 vintages ITALY – OTHER REGIONS - SIXTEEN (16) wines accompanying meal distributed as follows: TWELVE (12) red wines accompanying meal FOUR (4) white wines accompanying meal Container format: 750 ml Limited to the following regions: Lombardy, Marche and Umbria Asset: Appellations: Terre di Franciacorta, Oltrepò Pavese Valtellina, Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi, Rosso Conero, Rosso Piceno, Orvieto, Montefalco, Sagrantino di Montefalco, Sebino IGT, Marche IGT and Umbria IGT PORTUGAL – SIX (6) wines accompanying meal distributed as follows: FOUR (4) red wines accompanying meal TWO (2) white wines accompanying meal Container format: 750 ml Asset for the white wines: Albarino varietal EAU-DE-VIE AND BRANDY – TWO (2) fruit eaux-de-vie Container format: between 700 ml and 750 ml Percentage of ABV (Alcohol by Volume) equal or higher than 40% Type of fruits: - Poire Williams - Kirsch - Mirabelle plum - Raspberry - « Questsch » - « Vieille Prune » LIQUOR AND CREAM – ONE (1) herbs liquor – Absinthe Container format: between 500 ml and 750 ml APERITIF – TWO (2) anis flavoured alcohols (Arak, Ouzo, Pastis, Raki, etc….) Container format: between 500 ml and 750 ml Suggested retail price lower than CA$50.00 for the equivalent of a 750 ml format Percentage of ABV (Alcohol by Volume) equal or higher than 40% SPARKLING WINE – TEN (10) sparkling, white and rosés wines Container format: 750 ml Sought countries of origin: South Africa, Argentina, Australia, Canada, Spain, United States, Italy, France, New Zealand Suggested retail price lower than CA$50.00 CHAMPAGNE – SEVEN (7) champagnes distributed as follows: THREE (3) white or rosés Container format: 375 ml TWO (2) white or rosés, semi-dry Container format: 750 ml TWO (2) white or rosés Container format: 1,500 ML (magnum) DESSERT WINE - EIGHT (8) dessert wines distributed as follows: FOUR (4) red dessert wines Container format: 500 ml or 750 ml Limited to the following appellations: Maury, Banyuls and Rivesaltes FOUR (4) white dessert wines Container format: 200 ml and 375 ml Limited to the ice wines of Ontario and British Colombia ‘‘Fairtrade’’ certified Alcoholic products : FIVE (5) products distributed as follows: THREE (3) wines accompanying meal all countries of origin TWO (2) spirits all countries of origin and all types Container format: 750 ml The producer must be in possession of an appropriate licence allowing him to market his products under the Fairtrade certification. A ‘’Fairtrade’’ logo must be put on the bottles of product. The name of the certification body (Transfair or Fairtrade) must be registered in the section E of the form. Proof of certification will be required later on. Wines produced outside of Quebec : TEN (10) wines accompanying meal or dessert wines For which, the majority owner, the winemaker, the viticulturist, the oenologist and/or the Technical Director is Quebecer and in function since more than a year. Container format: 750 ml All countries The “Intérêt Québécois” mention will have obligatorily to be registered in the section E of the form. Administrative proof will be required later on. Other general details According to the point 4.2 – Product Offers, first paragraph, from the Purchasing and Merchandising Policy, some rejected tenders within the framework of this call for tenders could be selected to be marketed within the framework of a specific event, e.g. in the « Cellier » magazine. Selection criteria Financial performance Notoriety Sustainable development Quality aspects Variety of proposals Complementary to the regular products range SAQ will make the final selection in order to optimize the variety offered to our consumers and to consider the trends of its market as well as the relative importance of the various categories. General criteria and other conditions You may submit your specialty product proposal directly online through the web portal you are subscribed to, under the “Call for tenders” tab. To generate an Alcoholic Product Submission Form, go to the end of the Call for tenders description and click on the “Add an offer” or ‘’ Add an offer from an existing’’ button. Be careful to fill in all requested information in the cells and to proceed to the online payment of your file-opening fees by credit card. The products must meet the new definition of a specialty product, i.e. complementary to the regular products range and able to offer a specific character linked to the superior quality, the notoriety, the rareness or discovery for the Quebecer consumer. Product of certified biological cultures The products must be resulted from biological cultures certified by an Organic Certification Body. The Certification Body has to be recognized by the Conseil des appellations et des termes valorisants (CARTV). The list of the authorized Certifying Bodies is available on the CARTV site, at: www.cartvquebec.com. The products have to meet the labelling specific standards of the CARTV available on the CARTV web site: www.cartvquebec.com. The name of the Certification Body must be written into Section E of the form. Proof of certification will be required later on. The lifetime of the products will be reasonably long in order to perform the marketing of the products in reasonable delays. Estimated product lifetime: at least one (1) year from the pick up of the orders. Alternative Packaging The Alternative Packaging will have to be certified with a Letter of No Objection issued by the Health Products and Food Branch of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (www.inspection.gc.ca). An approval delivered by FDA (USA) or the EFSA (Europe) could be accepted temporarily, if the approval process of the packaging is completed within 10 months after the acceptance of the products, within the framework of this call for tenders. Moreover, the suppliers will have to fill the Special requirements for the alternative packaging form, when their offer is retained by the final selection process and also before the commercialization of the product. The lifetime of the products will be reasonably long in order to perform the marketing of the products in reasonable delays. The supplier will be responsible to provide the information as for the lifespan of their product and will be, thereafter, ascribable to it. All the expenses concerning the collect or the destruction of the out-of-date inventory will be supplier’s expense. The SAQ reserves the right to carry out tests (in collaboration with the Food Research and Development Centre (FRDC), for approving the packaging in order to be marketed at the SAQ. 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 November 12, 2008. We kindly request that you always mention this information when contacting the Société des alcools du Québec, regarding the present call for tenders.
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. 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. 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. In order to avoid any confusion, please wait for SAQ’s answer and instructions before sending the required labels and samples. For more details concerning SAQ Procurement and Merchandising Policy and Standards, please visit our website, at www.saq-b2b.com/, under the Policy and Standards tab. |
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