The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-06-14
SUPPLIES FOR THE NAVY
NAVY DEPARTMENT,

3 NAVY DEPARTMENT,
Bureau of Construction, Equipment, and Repair,
May 20, lS49.
SEALED PROPOSALS, endorsed Proposals. for
~ nard supplies namng ,he ya hii i P wnlcn n una
o'clock p. M. of the Both June next for furnishing
and delivering, under contract at retrospective Navy
Yards hereinafter named the several articles speci
fled in this advertisement. One-fonrth part OF oil
the articles required at each of said navy yards, COM
prisng due proportion of each kind must be deiv-
cred on or before the first OF September next one
other fourth part on or before the hrst Of December
next one other fourth part on or before the first oil
April and the residue or before the thireth OF
June eighteen hundred and fifty; and In case of
failure TO furnish and deliver the articles within the
time and in the proportion specified the Bureau Or
have the right to direct purchases to be made TO sup
ply any deficiency, and the contractor and his sure
Ties to be liable in twice the contract price.
Proposals must provide for furnishing and deliver.
ing on like terms and conditions, any additional
quantity Of the articles contracted for that may be
required at either of the said navy yards before the
expiration Of tho fiscal year ending on the said 30h
June 1850 fifteen days previous notice from the
Burenu or the commandment Of the yard where the
articles arc required.
Persons Offering for moro than one yard must
mike separate and distinct proposals for The supply
of each Keeping Me classes Of articles separate and
embracing the irhOte quantity Of all Tho articles emu
mornicd in the class. The cost of each item must
be distinctly carried out and the aggregate Of each
class correctly footed up, which is material 10 fair
comparison of bids. An erroneous extension or an
erroneous aggregate will constitute an informally,
and the bid will not be considered.
No extension of time for deliveries under any con-
tract viii be granted, and penalties for nonulfnent
will In all c,ses be rigidy enforced bidders there
fore requested to offer for moro than they
they can furnish within the time specified
All the articles must be Of the very best quality,
conforming to samples which will be exhibited opAp-
plicaton 10 the commandant of the yard Mt winch
they are to be delivered They must be in good or
der and condition. in suitable vessels packages
the case may be; all vessels, articles and packages
to be subject the inspection of the yard where they
received and be in all respects TO the satisfaction
OF the commandment
Approved srrotcs in twice the estimated amount
will be required In the manner set forth in the form
of contract and ten per cent,m In addition will be
withheld from the amount of each payment as cont-
cral security for the faithful performance of the con
tract Ninety per cent OF each delivery VIII 30 paid
by the Navy Agent within thirty days after the brc-
senta,ion Of approved bills In trplicate, by the
mandant Of the yard at which the deliveries are
made.
Every offer must be accompanied by a written
guaranty uhe responsibility Of the guarantor or guar
antors to BIO certified by Navy Agent or other off
cia person, or by some one known TO the Bureau)
that me oiler be accepted, the bidder or bidders
tract nj the post office designated execute the same,
with good and sufficient surecs to furnish the arti-
Giles proposed agreea6y to the terms specified In this
advertisements ana which may be embodied IN the
contract. The law OF 10Th August, 1876, forbids tho
consideration Of oil proposals not accompanied by
such guaranty.
Bidders nro particularly cautioned to endorse their
offers as above required, that they may be dstin-
gushed from other business letters in order to pre-
vent their being opened before the proper timo
All offers not made In strict conformity with this
advertisement in every particular will be rejected as
informal; Those whose oilers are accepted will be
duly notified, and contracts forwarded without de-
lay.
Persons offering are directed to designate the posi-
Office through which they desire to be- addressed and
the navy agent 10 whom the contract shall be sen
for execution,