Gummy manufacturer RFQ template with an Excel comparison workbook.
Copy the project brief or download the buyer workbook to standardize formula, testing, packaging, evidence, landed cost and timeline inputs across suppliers.
A quote becomes useful only when suppliers are quoting the same scope. Copy the template below, complete what you know, and mark open items as “to be proposed.” It is better to identify an unknown than to let each supplier assume something different.
Check the coverage of your RFQ before sending it
This browser-only check identifies which buyer-controlled inputs are documented and which remain open. It does not score a supplier, approve a formula or predict whether a project is manufacturable.
Documented Input Coverage
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Review the open inputs before comparing quotes.
The following items remain open or were not marked documented:
Boundary: full coverage means the nine buyer-controlled categories are documented for supplier review. It is not formula approval, supplier qualification, GMP evidence, a commercial commitment or proof of feasibility.
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Copy this project brief
PROJECT: [brand / internal project name] PRODUCT FORMAT: [gummy / soft chew] TARGET CONSUMER & POSITIONING: [brief description] ACTIVE INGREDIENTS & TARGET DOSE PER SERVING: [list active, form and target amount] SERVING & PIECE SPECIFICATION: - Gummies per serving: [number] - Target piece weight: [number or to be proposed] - Servings / gummies per package: [number] - Pectin or gelatin preference: [preference / open] - Sugar, sweetener, allergen or dietary requirements: [requirements] PACKAGING: - Bottle, pouch or other format: [format] - Label/artwork status: [ready / in development] - Required pack components: [seal, desiccant, scoop, carton, etc.] INITIAL COMMERCIAL VOLUME & DESTINATION: - First order quantity: [units] - Delivery destination: [city, state/country] - Future reorder expectation: [if known] QUALITY & DOCUMENT REQUIREMENTS: - Finished-product tests requested: [potency, micro, contaminants, other] - Required documents: [specification, COA, allergen statement, stability information, other] - Label/compliance review responsibilities: [brand / supplier / shared] PILOT-TO-COMMERCIAL TRANSFER: - Ingredient grades, suppliers and permitted substitutions: [define] - Pilot process steps that match commercial production: [define] - Flavor, color, acid, coating, mold and piece-weight controls: [define] - Analytical method, sampling plan and acceptance criteria: [define] - Packaging configuration used for stability planning: [define] - Formula, mold, artwork and development-work ownership: [define] - Development-fee credit toward first commercial order: [define] - Quote-validity period and re-quote triggers: [define] TIMELINE & COMMERCIAL TERMS: - Sample target date: [date / flexible] - Commercial launch or delivery target: [date] - Delivery term / importer-of-record expectation: [if known] - Questions or known risks: [list]
Planning a U.S.-market gummy project from another country
A brand team's location, the intended retail market and the shipment destination can be different. An RFQ that says only “we are based overseas” leaves the project scope unclear. Separate these inputs before asking suppliers to compare the same request.
- Project team: where the team is based and the working language.
- Retail market: the intended country or countries of sale for this product version.
- Destinations: proposed sample delivery and commercial delivery, recorded separately.
- Responsibilities: decisions already assigned and those still requiring agreement.
A sample address does not establish the retail market. A coordination office does not identify the production location.
A clearer project brief
Fictional planning example—not a customer case or a service offer:
Our team is based outside the United States and is evaluating an English-language gummy product for U.S. retail sale. Sample delivery is proposed to our project team; the commercial shipment destination is not yet confirmed. We have a preliminary serving concept and bottle-count preference. Formula feasibility, label review, production location and delivery responsibilities remain to be agreed. Please identify your quotation assumptions and any requested work outside your scope.
Keep a market-version record
Create one row per proposed product version, not automatically one per office location. Record the version identifier, intended retail market, language/artwork version, serving, pack count, sample destination, commercial destination and unresolved decisions.
Before reusing the first specification or artwork for another market, compare the versions. Mark unknown differences “review pending,” not “same as U.S.” This is a planning aid, not a determination that a label is suitable in another country. Use the label-artwork checklist for version questions and the supplier-qualification checklist for evidence requests.
Sucotond USA handles U.S. sales and project coordination. This does not establish U.S. manufacturing, U.S. inventory or approval for a particular market. For an initial discussion, share the non-confidential product concept, intended market, serving and package preferences, project stage and open questions. Feasibility, evidence availability, commercial terms and responsibilities need project-specific agreement.
Use the Excel workbook when more than one supplier is quoting
The downloadable workbook combines four buyer-controlled steps: a project brief, a three-supplier quote comparison, a 24-point evidence review and an instruction/source sheet. It keeps unknown prices, duties, loss rates and timing visibly unentered instead of filling them with assumptions.
Comparable commercial basis
Enter the same quoted quantity, package, destination and testing basis. Formula cells calculate landed cost, accepted-unit sensitivity and calendar time only from buyer-entered or supplier-provided inputs.
Evidence beside the quote
Record issuer links, controlled documents and unresolved gaps for each supplier. “Provided” means evidence was recorded for review; it is not supplier, formula or batch approval.
Privacy boundary: the workbook runs in Excel or a compatible spreadsheet application. Sucotond USA does not receive its contents unless you choose to send a non-confidential copy.
Four items that most often change the quote
1. The actual serving
State dose per serving and pieces per serving together. A dose without the piece count does not define the product.
2. The test scope
Separate incoming-material documents from finished-product testing. They answer different questions.
3. The package
Moisture barrier, closure, liner and desiccant assumptions can affect both stability planning and cost.
4. Delivery responsibility
Confirm whether freight, duties and importer responsibilities are included or remain with the brand.
Use the template to compare, not to over-promise
A sample can help assess taste, texture and appearance. It does not by itself prove commercial-batch uniformity, stability or release testing. Ask each potential supplier how an approved sample becomes a controlled commercial specification and what changes require a re-quote.
Eight transfer points to confirm before approving a pilot
1. Active load and piece count
Lock the target amount per serving together with the acceptable number and weight of gummies.
2. Ingredient identity
Record grade, approved supplier and what substitutions require written approval.
3. Commercial process
Identify which pilot steps, equipment assumptions and controls will transfer to the commercial line.
4. Physical specification
Define flavor, color, acid, coating, mold, dimensions and acceptable unit-weight variation.
5. Analytical release plan
Confirm test method, sampling approach, laboratory responsibility and acceptance criteria.
6. Packaging configuration
Record the bottle or pouch, closure, liner and moisture-control assumptions used for review.
7. Stability checkpoints
Separate early observations from the evidence required for launch, release and shelf-life decisions.
8. Commercial change control
Define ownership, development-fee credits, quote validity and the events that trigger a re-quote.
Still defining the project?
Start with the functional gummy manufacturing feasibility checklist to organize serving, gummy system, flavor, packaging, quality and decision requirements before completing this RFQ. You can also verify our factory relationship and public facility evidence before sharing a project brief.
Have a completed brief or early concept?
Send the non-confidential brief to our Brooklyn team. Sucotond USA is our factory's U.S. sales and project-coordination office.
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