The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-02-11
NAVY sLoP CLOTHING FOR 1912.

Navy CoMMIssIoNERs OFFICE,
FEBRUARY 3, 1912.
SEALED PROPOSALS, endorsed Proposals for
~ Stop ClOAliHg, will be received at this office, I'M
Ill o'clock, p. M, of the first of March next, for
furnishing and delivering Con receiving forty five day
notice. at each or either OF the Navy Yards Charles
town, Mass Brooklyn, n. Y, and Gossort, Va,
such quantities Of any or all Of the following named
articles of Sop Clothing lhet may be ordered durin
The year 1912 by the comnandant commanding o.
fcers Of the said navy yards respectively, viz:
Dfab Pea Jackets
Blue Pea Jackets
Blue Cloth Jackets
Blue Cloth Trowsers
Flannel Shirts
Long Flannel Drawers
White Linen Frocks
White German Linen Trousers
Duck Frocks 1
Duck Trowsers '~&t
Wool en- Stockings
Wooen Socks
Thick sewed Leather Shoes
Sewed Leather Pumps
Wooen Blankets
Black Silk HandkeIchiefs
White German Linen, Ga wide, for frocks or
trowsers
All the wpollen goods are to be made from materials
of American manufacture All the articles are be
fully equalto the samples which may be deposited in
the Navy Yards near Boston, New York, Pbiade
phia and Norfolk and at the Baltimore naval station, al
which places schedules showing the sizes othe dltie
the articles to be of more than size, two-thirds
OF the number furnished are to be of the largest SIZE
and onetbrd OF the smallest SIZE excepting the shoes
and stockings which must be of sorted sizes, and
which will be specified in the contracts to be made.
All the aforesaid articles must be subject to such
inspection and survey the Commissioners Of the
Navy may direct authorize; and portion of the
said articles will be received that is not fully equal
the samples or patterns, both in material and work
nianship and which does not conform in all other re-
IN 4 40 ati ntIo nd tha
tracts to be made. :"
The prices to be asked for the several denomna-
tons of articles enumerated must be mean or ave-
rage prices, without regard to the sizes, and must
be calculated to cover every expense attending the
fulflmcnt of the contracts including the necessary
metal and naval buttons.
The whole must be delivered at the risk and ex-
pense of the contractors, in good tight substantial and
dry packing boxes hoesheads, and in good shipping
order free of charge TO the United States and 10 the
entire satisfaction of the respective commandants or
commanding officers of said yards of delivery.
Separate proposals must be made-frst, for all the
shoes and pumps; second, for all the stockings and
socks third for all the blankets and fourth for all
the other articles distinct contr acts eiH be made for
each class.
In case of failure on the part of the contractors to
furnish and deliver the several articles which may be
ordered from them in proper time and OF proper qua
Hty the officers agents of the Navy shall be autho-
rzed to purchase what may be required supply the
deficiencies; and any excess of COST the prices
agreed be paid by contract, shall be charged and
paid by the respective contractors
Bonds in onethrd the estimated amount of the res
pectve contracts will be required with two approved
suretIes, and ten per centum in addition will be with
held from the amount of each delivery made COLA
tera security for the faithful performance of the res
peetive contracts, which will account be paid
until the contracts complied with in all respects
and is TO be forfeited to the and benefit of the
United States in the event of failures to complete the
deliveries in conformity with the orders that may be
made After making the deduction of ten per centum
payment of the balance will be made by the United
States within thirty days after the said sop clothing
shall have been inspected, approved, and received, and
bills for the duly authenticated by certificates
inspection and survey by the receipts of the respec
tive navy storekeepers at said navy yards and by the
approval of the respective commandments command
ing officers of said navy yards, shall be presented to
the Navy Agent, by whom payment is to be made
The Board of Navy Commissioners the right
to reject all offers from persons who have heretofore
failed to fulfil their contracts with the Department
I~5-To be published three times week in the
National lnelligencer, Madsonian, Globe, Army and
Navy Chronicle d. c.; Boston Atlas and Boston
Morning Post, in Massachusetts; Express and Com
mercial Advertiser New York Amecan Sentinel
and North American, Pennsylvania Baltimore Sun
and Baltimore American, Maryland and Norfolk
and Portsmouth Herald, Virginia,
feb 10-3tawtMl.