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| Addendum (Issued:2010.08.19) - November 2010 - Regular products |
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| Product Line: | Courant | ||
| Expiration Date: | 2010/09/16 (YYYY/MM/DD) | Time Left | Expired |
| Notes: | The Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ) invites you to submit tenders for REGULAR PRODUCTS - November 2010 analysis period to be sold in its network of outlets. Your tenders filled in online including the non-refundable payment of CA$128.75 by credit card, must be submitted BY THURSDAY, September 16th, 2010, 11:59 PM, Montreal local time - Québec (Canada) AT THE LATEST. ********************************************************************************************************************************* The Société des alcools du Québec has just updated its Purchasing and Merchandising Policy and through this call for tenders, we inform you as follows: The Société des alcools du Québec has just updated its Purchasing and Merchandising Policy. Moreover, the Call for Tenders C10PL3 - October 2010 - Regular Products will be online soon. With reference to these two documents, we inform you that: Purchasing and Merchandising Policy - Product Substitution (addition to the clause 4.6) For unsold inventory of the product substituted on the date of acceptance of its substitution, the supplier must pay an amount representing twenty-five percent (25 %) of their purchase price. The SAQ may deduct this amount from any amount that is payable to the supplier. If you are submitting a request for substitution, please send an email to sara@saq.qc.ca to ask us to stop orders on the product substituted by indicating its SAQ code, its name and the submission number. This measure will reduce the inventory of the product substituted before the application of this clause. Call for Tenders Selection criteria In order to comply with the orientations and the various initiatives taken by the company in the field of sustainable development, in particular for lightweight glass, our selection criteria must be evolutionary. In this purpose, a greater importance will be attached to the weight of the containers in the Sustainable development section of the SAQ's selection criteria. This commitment will allow the SAQ to reduce, together with its business partners, its impact on the environment. Financial performance Only the sales target ($) and the promotional budget ($) for the first year will be considered. For the second year, these elements are requested for information only.
The SAQ intends to retain approximately 30 products, plus exclusive products SAQ Dépôt, for this call for tenders. These products must meet the following specific needs:
For more details concerning the needs for these categories, please refer to the Bulletin Information ‘'Ecopratic and 3-4 litres products: Business opportunity'' published on April 8, 2010. ARGENTINA - ONE (1) wine accompanying meal SPAIN - ONE (1) wine accompanying meal UNITED-STATES - ONE (1) wine accompanying meal FRANCE - ALSACE - ONE (1) wine accompanying meal Brand name already commercialized at the SAQ but only through the SAQ specialty products catalog (not regular products catalog). FRANCE - BEAUJOLAIS - ONE (1) wine accompanying meal Brand name already commercialized through the SAQ regular products catalog. FRANCE - SOUTHWEST - ONE (1) wine accompanying meal ITALY - TUSCANY - ONE (1) wine accompanying meal ITALY - VENETO - FIVE (5) wines accompanying meal distributed as follow TWO (2) wines accompanying meal THREE (3) wines accompanying meal SPARKLING WINE - ONE (1) sparkling wine COGNAC - UN (1) cognac RUM - TWO (2) rums distributed as follow ONE (1) amber rum, with age mention ONE (1) spiced rum Spirits - 201 to 375 ml - ONE (2) clear tequila SPIRITS - LIQUORS AND CREAMS - THREE (3) products distributed as follows: ONE (1) fruit liquor TWO (2) spirit cocktails WHISKY - ONE (1) whisky READY TO DRINK - UN (1) energizing drink Due to lack of space in the planogramms, the FOLLOWING CATEGORIES ARE CLOSED for this call for tenders EXCEPT FOR the substitution's requests, if they meet the general terms of the Purchasing and Merchandising Policy and also the following conditions: - the product substituted and of substitution must be in the same category; CLOSED CATEGORIES: Alcool and geneva Selection criteria: Financial performance SAQ will carry out the final selection aiming to optimize the variety offered to our consumers with due regard to the tendencies of its market and the relative importance of the various categories.
We are searching wines to fill our needs in the following categories for SAQ Dépôt banner. In addition to the discount registered in the submission form, please indicate the OSD code in the "Supplementary Information" box of the Notoriety tab in order to differentiate the submissions for Dépôt and those for the SAQ regular products catalog. Australia red - suggested retail price: CA$15.00 and more General criteria and other conditions You may submit a product tender 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. If you are not member of one of the transactional gateways, you can create an account, without fees, allowing you to submit your product. Please follow these steps: - Access the www.saq-b2b.com online gateway
WARNING: The products submitted in the category ‘'Agrobiological'' will be analyzed within its category. The products resulted from biological cultures must be certified by an Organic Certification Body. The Certification Body has to be accredited or recognized (biological productions) by one of the following bodies: Products from Québec: You can access those bodies from the CARTV web site: http://www.cartvquebec.com/organismes-certification-biologique Imported products: For more information, please consult the following web sites: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/francais/fssa/orgbio/orgbiof.shtml and The name of the Certification Body must be registered in the «Additional Information» cell from the «Other» section under the «Notoriety» tab. 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.
The producer submitting his ‘‘Fairtrade'' products 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 «Additional Information» cell from the «Other» section under the «Notoriety» tab.
WARNING: The products submitted in the Eco-Practice category will be analyzed within this new category. 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. Environmental Claims: The supplier submitting his product with environmental claims will have to meet the standards of the Guide for Industry and Advertisers of the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) available at www.csa.ca/cm/plus-14021-guide-for-industry-and-advertisers If the product is selected, the supplier will have to fill up Environmental claims - Responsibility Charge SAQ form available on our www.saq-b2b.com online portal and forward it to the e-mail address written on the form. Sales Forecast: The amounts of reference to be used for the calculation of the annual sales target are the Minimum sales quotas by universe, into force on March 29, 2009, published on January 20, 2009 EXCEPT for the category of CANADA and SPIRITS from 201 to 375 ml. The minimum sales target for this category is CA$450,000. REMINDER: Only the sales target ($) and the promotional budget ($) for the first year will be considered in the selection. For the second year, these elements are requested for information only. 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 August 18th, 2010. We kindly request that you always mention this information when contacting the Société des alcools du Québec, regarding the present call for tenders. Code Country Currency Exchange CAD Canada Dollar 1.0000
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 tenders 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 tender of a product even if it corresponds to a specific need listed in this call for tenders. 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 tender become the exclusive property of the SAQ. 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. In order to avoid any confusion, please wait for the SAQ's answer and instructions before sending the required labels and samples. Only the French version of this call for tenders is officially considered. If differences arise between the French version (official) and the English translation/version, please note that the French version prevails. 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. 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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