Call For sponsors for the Italian Cocktail Competition 2020- Spirit Providers

Dear CICC Members and Friends,

The China-Italy Chamber of Commerce (CICC) is organizing “The Italian Week: The Culture of Quality”, which will be held from November 13th till November 20th, in Shanghai.

The Italian Week will bring the best of ITALIAN QUALITY to Shanghai.

Participants will have a full immersion in the Italian culture of quality without ever needing to leave China.

In the framework of the Italian Week, the CICC is glad to announce the launch of the first Italian Cocktail Competition 2020!

How to get involved?

1. The CALL

The CICC is looking for sponsors interested to provide the ingredients to the contestants and the bars that will participate in the Italian Cocktail Competition 2020.

The sponsor should be renown Italian brands available in the Chinese market and be able to provide at least one of the following categories:

• Bitter Liqueurs
• Gin
• Vermouth
• Syrups
• Bitters and other ancillary products (ingredients, glassware and, bar tools)

 The sponsor will support the contest:

• Providing free products to the contestants before the event (preparation) and for the contest (semifinal and final)
• Providing a special discount for the bars that will feature the contestants’ cocktail in November 2020
• Supporting the promotional activities of the campaign together with the other partners involved.

2. APPLICATION PROCESS

The interested sponsors need to send their application before Oct 26th sending an email to sh.events@cameritacina.com with their product Introduction (picture and brief description) and selling price with a discount (to be communicated to the bars for the Bar Hopping activity).

CICC will contact you regarding the details of the event.

3. PARTICIPATION TERMS

Participation in tendering is open to CICC Members and non-Members.

Companies competing in the tender must have the necessary knowledge and experience and have the technical support and personnel capable to run the tender.

Each company can submit only one tender.

The tender is to be drafted in Italian or English, filled in and signed.

It is the responsibility of the tenderer to study the specification and requirements before submitting the tender.

4. EVALUATION CRITERIA

The selection of the supplier will be made according to the event's requirements and the lowest bidding price received.

If the bidding price is the same or the service/ goods supplied are free of charge, CICC will give priority to its Members and it will select the first submitted bid meeting the standards required.

If no applications are submitted by the Members of the Chamber, the Chamber has the right to select the most appropriate application submitted by one of the non-Member companies.

5. EXCLUSION FROM TENDER

In case of not meeting the conditions of the tendering process.

In case of non-conformity with the hereby open call for tender.

In case of submitting false data.

Late submission.

The results of the tendering shall be announced by email after proper evaluation.

After evaluating the quotation, CICC will give you feedback regarding the result

6. BACKGROUND OF THE ITALIAN COCKTAIL COMPETITION 2020

The Italian Cocktail Competition aims to engage the bartender community of Shanghai and the Chinese cocktail lovers stressing on the Italianness of two Italian classic cocktails famous worldwide: Negroni and Spritz as well as new creative cocktail or mocktail inspired by the Italian UNESCO site or Chinese and Italian UNESCO site.

6.1 The Contest Timeline

• Call for Sponsors: Deadline October 26th
• Call for Bartenders: October 27th – November 7th.
• Bar Hopping: November 10th – 20th
• Contest (Semi-finals and Final): November 16th-20th

6.2 Bar Hopping and Consumer voting

The selected contestants are invited to promote their recipe in their bar. The bar customers, upon ordering the contest cocktail, will be invited to vote the cocktail through an online survey platform. The number of votes collected by each contestant during this phase will affect the score of the finals.

*The Sponsors are invited to give a special discount to those venues.

**The contestants will be invited to keep the cocktail at the bar menu till November 30th, 2020.

6.3 November 16th: Semi-Finals

The Semi-finals will be held in a cocktail bar in Shanghai that will be announced soon.

Semi-finals: November 16th at 3 PM

In the Semi-final a judging panel of industry professionals will select the 3 best candidates for each specialization (Spritz, Negroni and UNESCO Site Cocktail).

6.4 November 20th: Finals

The 9 finalists (3 for each specialization) will be evaluated by a judging panel of industry professionals.  The final award will be given to 3 bartenders for, respectively, the best Spritz, Negroni and Unesco Site cocktail.

The CICC is looking forward to recevied your applications!

Kind regards,

CICC Team