The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-03-20

The quantities of any or all may be increased or
diminished, as the service may hereafter require
The contracts will therefore be made not for specif-
ic Quantities, but for such quantities az the service
may require to be delivered at those navy-yards
respectively. .ost
Contractors not residing At the places where de-
veries required must establish agencies at such
places, that no delay may arise in furnishing what
may be required; and when a contractor fails
promptly TO comply with q requiston, the navy
agent at the port where the article or articles are re-
qured to be delivered, shall be authorized to pur-
chase such article or articles; and the contractor
shall be liable for any excess Of cost over the
tract price. q. '." a.rH.'t #.. s
Separate offers must be made for each article at
each of the aforesaid nayy-yards; and bidders whose
proposals are accepted land none others) will be
forthwith notified thereof; and three days over and
| above the ordinary time required for the regular
transmission Of the mail will be allowed for them to
signify their readiness to enter into contract and ten
days over and above the ordinary time required for
the regular transmission Of the mail will be allowed
for the execution and return Of contract and bond;
at the expiration of which periods if no answer DO
received contract and bond returned, the supply
will be offered to the next lowest bidder, according
| 10 law.
The department reserves the right to reject all
bids from persons who have heretofore failed TO ex-
ecute their contracts. . .
Bonds, with two approved sureties in onethird
| the estimated amount Of the respective contracts,
will be required, and ten per centum in addition will
| be withheld from the amount of all payments on
account thereof, as collateral security, in addition
TO the bond given, to secure its performance, and
not in any event to be paid until il is in all respects
complied with; and ninety per centum Of the
amount of all deliveries made will be paid by the
Navy Agent within thirty days after bills duly au.
thenticated shall have been presented to him.
| Bidders not heretofore contractors, must accom-
pany their proposals with the names of their sure
ties, otherwise their offers may be considered.
Blank forms Of proposals may be obtained on APP
plication to the Navy Agents at Portsmouth, New
| Hampshire; Boston; New York; Philadelphia;
Baltimore; Washington; Norfolk; and at this bu-
reau.
u5r To be published once week until the 9Th
day Of April next, in the Intcgencer and Union.
District Of Columbia; Argus, Portland, Maine;
New Hampshire Patriot, Concord, N. H.; Courier
Times, and Morning Post, Boston, Mass; Times,
Hartford, Conn; Journal Of Commerce Morning
| News, and Evening Post, New York; Pennsylvania
and Keystone, Philadelphia, Pa; Union, Harris
| burg, Pa, Republican, Baltimore, Md; Enquirer
Richmond, Va; Beacon, Norfolk, Va; New Era,
| Portsmouth, Va.
Proprietors Of the above papers will be pleased
TO send TO the bureau copy Of their paper contain
ing the advertisement during its insertion, to be used
as a voucher for the approval Of their accounts.
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