Call for Tenders - details

This mode of acquisition will complement the call for tenders process, which can hinder the SAQ under certain circumstances in the context of a competitive market and increased demand from our clientele. In light of this, and with a view to increasing our performance, enhancing our ability to take advantage of business opportunities more quickly, and improving our business practices, we are amending the rules for selecting spirits sold as Regular products in certain cases.

Within this new framework, the Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ) invites you to submit tenders of spirits for its REGULAR PRODUCTS Catalogue to be sold in its network of outlets. In order to be retained, the products must satisfy 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 in online. Registration fees will be the same as those that apply to Regular Product Call for tenders, i.e. CA$129.95 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. If an agreement is reached, the product will be particularly subject to the rules of merchandising of the SAQ Procurement and Merchandising Policy applicable to a new regular product.

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.

How to submit an offer

You may submit your product tender directly online through the online gateway you are subscribed to, under the Call for tenders tab or My products tab, in the SAQ Catalog of offers section. 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 subscribed to one of our transactional websites:
1. Access www.saq-b2b.com
2. Click on the Subscribe tab to create an account
3. Fill in the subscription form with the requested information (supplier details)
4. When completed, click on the button Register now!
5. A confirmation will appear on-screen: Congratulations! You successfully subscribed for a Membership.

Do not take into account the statement: Your new Account Manager will be contacting you shortly, indicated in the Saq-b2b.com's subscription confirmation, which was sent to you by email.

6. Access the online gateway and log in with your user name and enter your password.

Exchange rates

Please find hereafter the exchange rates applicable for this call for tenders:

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.

For more details concerning SAQ Procurement and Merchandising Policy and Standards, please visit our online portal at www.saq-b2b.com, under the "Policy and Standards" tab.