SM Jaleel & Com­pa­ny Lim­it­ed has con­firmed that it made a bid to sup­ply bot­tled wa­ter to State-owned Caribbean Air­lines (CAL), but says dis­cus­sions are still un­der­way with the air­line, al­though CAL has al­ready con­firmed that it has award­ed the com­pa­ny a $405,600 con­tract.

In a re­lease on Tues­day, the bev­er­age man­u­fac­tur­er said it sub­mit­ted a quo­ta­tion to CAL on Ju­ly 2, fol­low­ing an in­vi­ta­tion to bid for the sup­ply of bot­tled wa­ter, and that the pro­cure­ment process is con­tin­u­ing in ac­cor­dance with reg­u­la­to­ry re­quire­ments.

The com­pa­ny said the pro­posed arrange­ment in­volves the sup­ply of its Oa­sis Wa­ter brand for a one-year pe­ri­od.