The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-03-18
FOR IRON.
march l.

NAVY COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
MARCH 5th, 1912.
PROPOSALS, sealed and endorsed, will be
i ceiyed at this Office, until O'Clock 7, NJ, Of
the Goth of the present month"; for furnishing and de-
lvering, at the Navy Yard Washington, District of
Columbia, free of charge to the United States, all the
Iron required in the construction of the following
Chain Gables, .4nchors, Tanks, and Cambooses, viz
CHAIN CABLE IRON.
2, 400 fathoms for lst class Sloops Of war
200 do for I'd class Shops Of war
5000 do for Frigates
1900 do for Ships Of the Line
Addition to sheet cables for ships of
$50 do : the line and frigates, in lengths of
As fathoms
ANCHOR IRON
80 anchors for lst class Shops of war
l6 do for I'd class Sloops of war
40 do for Frgates
6 do for Ships of the line
TANK IRON.
s sets for Shops Of
8 do for Frigates
10 for Ships of the Line
,:. CAMBOOSES
&c mbooses for Frigates
6 do for Shops of War
6 do for Small vessels
All the aforesaid Iron must be of the best quality
and of American manufacture without any admix-
ture Of foreign iron and be free from all defects
whatever.
The deliveries TO be in the following proportio
and at the following stated periods, viz.
One-third the quantity of the Chain Gable and An
Choir Iron to be delivered on or before the st July
next.
One other third part on or be re the LIST Noyem-
Der next and the balance or before the lst March
lS43
One-third part of the Tank Iron to be delivered by
LIST June next
One other third by LIST November next and the
balance by LIST February, lS43
And of the Camboose Iron, one-half on or before
the lst June next and the other half on or before the
LIST August next
The offers must be separate and distinct and en-
dorsed, offer for Chain Cable Iron, offer for .4neh@
Iron offer for Tank Iron offer o, Camboose hon Gas
the case may be) Each will be considered and acted
upon separately, and portions of each will be award
ed separately, If the Commissioners OF the Navy
should deem rproper.
All the aforesaid iron will on delivery be subject
ed to such proofs, tests, and inspection, the Board
of Navy Commissioners may authorize or direct,
and must be entirely satisfactory to them to the
commandant commanding officer of the said Navy
Yard
Persons DESTROYS of offering to furnish the said
iron any portion thereof, Should further infor
mat ion be required to enable them 10 make their Of
fers } are re fcrred to the commaIdant command
ing officer of the Navy Yard Washington, District of
Columbia
To those persons whose offers may be aceepted, par
ticuar schedules, drawings, and models, descriptive
of the several parts and portions of each kind OF iron
required TO each object, will be furnished by the
Commissioners of the Navy, when contracts pre-
pared for C Aecutlon. :ts.
Bonds, It'll two approved suretes, will be required
in one-thiId the amount of the contracts and ten
per in addition of the of all bills viii
be retained collateral security for the faithful per-
Torrance of the contracts, which will only be paid
on their satisfactory completion And ninety per
centum OF all deliveries will be paid on bills properly
authenticated according TO the provisions of the CON
tracts, within thirty days after their presentation 70
the Navy Agent. The offers must state at what
agency tn contractor may desire payment 70 9e
made
In ,,f failure on the part Of the contractor to
furnish AZ deliver the aforesaid iron OF the quality
and at the times specified aboye the officers oragents
at the Ma Ward shall be authorized TO purchase such
quantities as may be necessary to supply the dchclen-
ccs and any excess of cost the price agreed to
be paid b, the contract shall be charged to and paid
by the cor tractor
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