Call for Tenders - details

The Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ) invites you to submit specilaty products for a Courrier Vinicole Les Gouttes de Dieu^TM featuring the products mentioned or shown in the manga The Drops of God.

Your tenders filled in online including a non-refundable payment of CA$ 128.75 by credit card, must be submitted BY THURSDAY, April 8, 2010, at 11:59 PM, Montreal local time - Québec (Canada) AT THE LATEST.

If we receive more than one offer for the same product, only the best offers will be selected, according the best supplier price submitted for each product.

We are looking for the vintage mentioned in the description of the product of the list below. Other vintage of the product may also be submitted.

Each vintage will have to be done on a separate offer.
There will be no pre selection.

The final selection will be made of information provided on the submission form.

The vintage agreed at the final selection of products must be respected when the order will be shipped.

List of products and vintage requested:

VOLUME 1

Richebourg 1990/1999, Domaine De La Romanée Conti.
Pommard Rugiens-Bas 1999 et 2000, Domaine Aleth Le Royer-Girardin (written Girdin).
Richebourg 1959, Domaine Henri Jayer.
Château Mouton Rothschild 1982, pauillac.
Château Mont-Pérat 2001, premières côtes de bordeaux.
Château Baron Pichon-Longueville, pauillac.
Château Mouton Rothschild 1994, pauillac.
Vosne Romanée Cros-Parantoux, Domaine Henri Jayer.
Richebourg, Domaine Méo-Camuzet.
Bourgogne rouge, Domaines Méo-Camuzet 1999, Emmanuel Rouget 2001, Faiveley 1999, Chauvenet Chopin 2002, Claude Dugat 2002, Charlopin-Parizot 2002.
Hautes côtes de beaune 2002, Domaine Gilles Jayer.
Chambolle-musigny 1998, Domaine Haegelen Jayer.
Château Margaux 1998, margaux.
Vosne-romanée Les Jachées 2000, Domaine Bizot.
Opus One, 2000, Robert Mondavi.
Vin rouge de table de la région du Frioul Miani, Domaine Enzo Pontoni.
Echezeaux 2002, Domaine Gros Frère ét Sœur.
Vosne-romanée 2001, Domaine Gros Frère et Sœur.

VOLUME 2

Richebourg, Domaine Henri Jayer.
Vosne romanée Cros-Parantoux 1985, Domaine Henri Jayer.
Vosne romanée Cros-Parantoux 1999/2001, Domaine Emmanuel Rouget.
Château d'Yquem 1990, aSauternes.
Château Calon-Ségur 2000, saint-estèphe.
Château Mouton Rothschild 1982/2000,pauillac.
Château Lagrange 1996, saint-julien.
Le Haut-Médoc de Giscours 2000.
Rosso toscana tenuta di trinoro 1999, Domaine Andrea Franchetti.
Rosso toscana redigaffi tua rita 2000, Domaine Rita Tua et Virgilio Bisti.
Rosso toscana Paleo Rosso 2000, Domaine Le Macchiole.

VOLUME 3

Chablis 1er cru « Vaillons » 2003, Domaine Verget.
Chambolle-musigny 2000, Domaine Alain Hudelot-Noellat.
Porto : Taylor's et Graham's.
Château d'Yquem 1990, sauternes.
Sauternes Dourthe 2001, cuvée Perception.
Château Guiraud 1990, sauternes.
Côtes-du-rhône Saint-Cosme « Les Deux Albions » 2001, Domaine Louis Barruol.
Chablis 1er cru Mont-de-Milieu, Domaine Pinson.
Chablis 1er cru Côte de Lechet, Domaine Denis Pommier.
Chablis 1er cru Forêt, Domaine François Raveneau.
Chablis 1er cru Montée de Tonnerre, Domaine François Raveneau.
Chablis 1er cru Beauroy.
Chablis village, Cellier de la Sablière 2002, Maison Louis Jadot.
Chablis 1er cru La Forest, Domaine Dauvissat.
Coteaux du layon 1978, Les Caves de la Loire.
Château La Mission Haut-Brion 2001, pessac-léognan.
La Chapelle de la Mission Haut-Brion 2000, pessac-léognan.
Château Le Pin 1982, pomerol.
Santenay 1er cru Clos Tavannes 2002, Domaine de La Pousse d'Or.

VOLUME 4

Marsannay village « Les Sampagny » 2001, Domaine Philippe et Vincent Lécheneaut.
Clos de la Roche Grand Cru 2002, Domaine Philippe et Vincent Lécheneaut.
Contrada Di Concenigo, Colli Di Conegliano Rosso 2002, Bellenda.
Côtes-du-rhône Saint-Cosme « Les Deux Albions » 2001, Domaine Louis Barruol.
Canneto 2000, Dangelo.
Roggio del Filare.
Château Boyd-Cantenac 2001, margaux.
Alto adige, Sanc Valentin 2000, San Michele Appiano.

VOLUME 5

Nuits-saint-georges 1er cru Clos des Porrets Saint-Georges, Domaine Henri Gouges.
Vosne-romanée Les Jachées 2002, Domaine Bizot.
Chambolle-rusigny 2001, Domaine Jacques Frederic Mugnier.
Bonnes-mares grand cru 1999/2001, Domaine Robert Groffier Père et Fils.
Château Lynch-Bages 1983, pauillac.
Pavillon Blanc du Château Margaux 2002, bordeaux.

VOLUME 6

Château Talbot 1990/1997, saint-julien.
Chambolle-musigny 1er cru Les Amoureuses 1999/2001, Domaine Georges Roumier
Rosso dei Notri 2003.
Trenuta di trinoro Palazzi 1999.
Château Mouton Rothschild 2002, pauillac.
Château Margaux 1970/1978/2002, pargaux.
Château Haut-Brion 2002, pessac-léognan.
Château Latour 2002, pauillac.
Château Lafite Rothschild 1984/2002, pauillac.

VOLUME 7

Château Margaux 1970/2000, margaux.
Château Mouton Rothschild 1990, pauillac.
Château Haut-Brion 1978/1982, pessac-léognan.
Château Lafite Rothschild 1985, pauillac.
Château Latour 1986, pauillac.
Château La Tour Haut-Brion 1978, pessac-péognan.
Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 1990, pauillac.
Château Sociando-Mallet 1985, haut-médoc.
Château Talbot 1986, saint-julien.
Château Chasse-Spleen 1970, moulis-en-médoc.
Côtes-du-rhône 2003, Domaine de la Janasse.
Château Puygueraud 2001, côtes de francs.
Meursault 2001, Arnaud Ente.
Nuits-saint-seorges Les Pruliers 2002, Domaine Henri Gouges.

VOLUME 8

Montevertine Le Pergole Torte 2001.
Château Cos d'Estournel 1997, saint-estèphe.
Pavillon Rouge du Château Margaux 2002, margaux.
Broncone Bordolese Deco 2000.
Silk Road Loulan Red Wine, cabernet sauvignon de Chine..
Alter ego de Palmer 2000, margaux.
Château Margaux 2002, margaux.
Château Mouton Rothschild 1997, pauillac.
Château Palmer 1999/2000, margaux.
Casamatta 2004.

VOLUME 9

Haut-Carles 2001, fronsac.
Romanée-conti 1985, Domaine de la Romanée Conti.
Château Le Pin 1979, pomerol.
Echezeaux 2001, Domaine de la Romanée Conti.
Echezeaux grand cru 2001, Domaine Vincent Girardin.
Südtirol - alto adige sauvignon Sanct Valentin 2005, St Michael-Eppan.
Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 1995, pauillac.
Vosne romanée Clos des Réas, Domaine Michel Gros.
Bacio Divino, 2000.
Meursault 2003, maison Lou Dumont.
Poupille 1999, côtes de castillon.
Romanée saint-vivant 2002, Domaine Robert Arnoux.

VOLUME 10

Château Branaire-Ducru 1982, saint-julien.
Château Quinault, l'Enclos 2001, saint-émilion grand cru.
Gevrey-chambertin Aux Corvées Vieilles Vignes 2001, Domaine Guillard.
Château Petrus 1970, pomerol.
Clos-vougeot Le Grand Maupertui 2001, Domaine Anne Gros.
Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 1985, pauillac.
Marasco 2000, barolo, Domaine Franco Martinetti.
Château de Beaucastel blanc Vieilles Vignes 1999, châteauneuf-du-pape.

General criteria and other conditions

You may submit your product tender directly online through the online 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.

If you are not member GWS or B2B, of one of those sites, please follow this procedure to obtain a www.saq-b2b.com access, without fees:

- Logon to www.saq-b2b.com online portal
- Select the "Subscribe" tab
- Fill up all the required information about your company
- Check all required declaration and "Subscribe now"
- A confirmation screen will appear with the following text:

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Do not take in consideration the note: An email will be shortly sent to you with your Account and Package information
Should you not receive this email, please call us:

- Wait a few minutes and then access the www.saq-b2b.com online portal with the username and password that you have created and submit your product as above mentioned.

Products of certified biological cultures

The products must be resulted from biological cultures certified by an Organic Certification Body. The Certification Body has to be accredited or recognized by one of the following bodies:

 CFIA Accredited Certifying Bodies (Canadian or foreign products certified against Canada Standards)
 USDA Accredited Certifying Bodies (US products certified against NOP Standards)

The products have to meet the labelling specific standards of the CARTV available on the CARTV website: www.cartvquebec.com. Proof of certification will be required at a later.

The name of the Certification Body must be registered in the «Additional Information» cell from the «Other» section, under the «Notoriety» tab.

The lifetime of the products will be reasonably long in order to perform the merchanding of the products in reasonable delays. Estimated product lifetime: at least one (1) year from the pick up of the order.

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.

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 March 31, 2010. We request that you mention this information when contacting the SAQ, regarding the present call for tenders.

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.

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 expense incurred by the recipient, concerning the preparation and the submission of 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.

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.

In order to avoid any confusion, please wait for 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 and the English version, please note that the French version prevails.

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.