The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-02-23
NAVY sLoP CLOTHING FOR 1912

NAVY COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
FEBRUARY S, 1872.
SEALED PROPOSALS, endorsed Proposals IN
~ Stop Clothing, will be received at this Office IN
I'll o'clock P. M, of the. first Of March next, tor
furnishing delivering Con receiving forty days
town, Mass Brooklyn, N. Y, and Gosgort, Va
such quantities Of any or all of the following named.
articles of Slop Clothing thet may be ordered during
the year 1912 by the commandant commanding o.!
fcers of the said navy yards respectively, viz:
Dfab Pea Jackets
Blue Pea Jackets
Blue Cloth Jackets
Blue Cloth Trousers
Flannel Shirts
Long Flannel Drawers
White Linen Frocks
White German Linen Trousers
Duck Frocks
Duck Trousers
w oollen Stockings
Woollen Socks
Thick sewed Leather Shoes
Sewed Leather Pumps
WooIlen Blankets
Black Silk Handkerchiefs
White German Linen, Ga wide, for fiocks Il
trowsers.
All the woollen goods are to be made from materials
of American manufacture. All the articles are 10 be
fully equal 10 the samples which may be deposited IA
the Navy Yards near Boston, New York Philada-
which places schedules showing the oflhe dl,
rent articles of clothing, may also be seen Whef&
the articles are to be of more than size twohrs
of the number furnished to be of the largest sue
and onethrd of the sma Hest size excepting the SHOES
and stockings, which must be of a sorted sizes and
which will be specified in the contracts to be made
All the aforesaid articles must be subject TO suca
inspection and survey as the Commissioners of tic
Navy may direct or AUTHORIZE and no portion OF the
said articles will be received that is not fully equal IT,
the samples or patterns, both in material and via.
manship, and which does not conform in all other
spects to tie stipulaons and provisions Of The con.
tracts to be made.
The prices to be asked for the several denomnQ-
tons of articles enumerated must be mean or ave
rage prices without regard to the sizes, and must
be calculated 10 cover every expense attending the
fulfment of the contracts, including The n,cess1N
metal and naval buttons.
The whole must be delivered, at the risk and Il
pense of the contractors, in good tight substantial
dry packing boxes or hog heads, and in good shppn
order free of charge to the United States and TO tt
entire satisfaction of the respective commandan,s o.
commanding officers Of said wards of delivery.
Separate proposals must be made-frst for all tht
she and pumps; second for all the stockings ant
socks third, for all the blankets; and, tourfh for il
the other articles distinct contracts nH be madc ~
each class;
In case OF failure on the part of the contractor,
furnish and deliver the several articles which may
ordered from them, in proper time and Il pcoP 4Ha
n.y. he oilCcrs or agents OF the Navy shAli hc l4
rlzed to purchase hat may be required TO supply th
Deficiencies and any of cost, the pTicty
agreed TO be paid by contract shall be charged TO an
paid by the respective contractors
Bonds in one-third the estimated amount of the
pectve contracts viii be required, with two approved
suretes and ten per centum in addition will be with
held from the amount of each delivery made, as cola.
tera security for the faithful performance Of the
pective contracts which will on account be pad
until the contracts are complied with in all respecr,
and is to be forfeited to the and benefit Of lho
United States in the event of failures to complete Tie
deliveries in conformity with the orders that may h
made After making the deduction of ten per ccntlut
payment of the balance viii be made by The tnt'
States within thirty days after the said slop cloth4
shall have been inspected approved and received am
bills for the same duly authenticated by ccrthcatt
inspection and surycy, by the receipts of the rcspc
tive navy storekeepers at said navy yards, and by ~
approval of the respective commandants or commend
ing officers of said navy yards shall be presented y
the Navy Agent, by whom payment is TO be made
The Board OF Navy Commissioners reserve the rgId
to reject all offers from persons who have heretofore
failed to fulfil their contracts with the DcpartncH
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