The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-02-24
NAVY COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,

NAVY COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
FEBRUARY s, 1S42.
SEALED PROPOSALS, endorsed Proposals for
~ Stop Clothing will be rec eved at this office un-
til 3 o'clock, P. NJ, of the first of March next, for
furnishing and delivering Con receiving forty five days
notice. at each either of the Navy Yards, Charles
town, Mass Brooklyn, N. Y, and Gosgor, Va,
such quantities Of any all of the following named
articles of Slop Clothing that may be ordered during
the year lo42 by the commandant or commanding Of
fcers of the said navy yards respectively, viz
Drab 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
Woolen Stockings
Woollen Socks
Thick sewed Leather Shoes
Sewed Leather Pumps
WooIlen Blankets
Black Silk Handkerchief
White German. Linen Ga wide, for fiocks or
trowsers.
All the wOollen goods are TO be made from materials
of American manufacture All the articles are to be
fully equal TO the samples which may be deposited in
the Navy Yards near Boston, New York, Phiadel-
phia and Norfolk and at the Baltimore naval station, at
which places schedules, showing the sizes ofhe dihe
rent articles Of clothing, may also be seen Where
the articles be Of more than one size two thirds
of the number furnished to be of the largest sZe
and onehird of the smallest sze excepting the shoes
and stockings which must be of assorted sizes and
which will be specified in the contracts to be made.
All the aforesaid articles must be subject to such
inspection and survey as the Commissioners of the
Navy may direct authorize; and portion Of the
said articles will be received that is not fully equal to
the samples patterns, both in material and work
manship and which does not conform in all other re-
specs to tie stpuations and provisions of the con-
tracts to be made.
The prices to be asked for the several denomina-
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
fulfment of the contracts, including the necessary
metal and naval buttons
The whole must be delivered, at the risk and ex-
pense of the contractors good tight substantial and
dry packing boxes hogsheads, and in good shipping
ORDER free of charge to the United States and to 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 contracts oiU 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, proper time and Of proper qua
hty the officers or agents of the Navy shall be autho
TlZed to purchase what may be required to supply the
Deficiencies and any excess of cost the prices
agreed to be paid by contract shall be charged and
paid by the respective contractors.
Bonds in one-third the estimated amount of the res
pective 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
pective contracts which will on 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 slop clothing
shall have been inspected, approved and received and
bills for the same duly authenticated by certificates
of inspection and survey by the receipts of the respcc
tive navy storekeepers at said navy yards and by the
approval of the respective commandants 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 reserve the right
to reject all offers from persons who have heretofore
failed to fulfil their contracts with the department
I5%To be published three times week in the
National Intelligencer, Madisonian, Globe Army and
Navy Chronicle, d. c.. Boston Atlas and Boston
Morning Post, in Massachusetts Express and Com
mercal Advertiser New York; Ameican Sentinel
and North American Pennsylvania; Baltimore Sun
and Baltimore American Maryland; and Norfolk
and Portsmouth Herald, Virginia.
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