The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-07-26
PROPOSALS FOR TIMBER, &C., FOR THE
NAVY DEPARTMENT,

NAVY DEPARTMENT.,
| BUREAU CONSTRUCTION EaUIP'T, AND REPAIR,
June "a, 1850.
SEALED PROPOSALS, endorsed % Proposals for
- Timber or Lumber, as the may be- (naInng
the yard and class for which the offer is ntended)
Will be received by this Bureau until o'clock p
m. VI the 18th September next, for furnishing and
delivering, under contract, at the several navy
yards hereinafter named, the timber, lumber, and
other articles embraced in, this advertisement:
One fourth of the whole quantity required al each
navy yard must be delivered on or before the first
OF July; one fourth before the first of Sep
TENDER; one-tourth on or before the first of No
vember; and one-fourth or before the thirtieth
oi December, 1851 In of failure deliver the
articles within the times and in the proportions
speclhed, the bureau or the several commandments
To have the right to supply deficiencies by pur-
chase, and the contractor and his suretes to be
sponslble In twice the contract price
All the aforesaid timber, lumber and other arti-
ces must be of the very best quality, subject the
Inspection and measurement and in all other
spects In conformity to the stipulations contained
IN the printed rules established for the inspection
and measurement of timber for the navy of the
United States, (copies of which may be at
either navy yard or navy agents otice.) All arti-
cles delivered are required to be, in all respects,
satisfactory 10 the commandment of the yard or sta
ton where delivered
Bidders are particularly referred to the instruc-
tons in the printed rules alluded to, in framing
their offers,
The white oak timber must be rough squared,
according TO the growth of the tree; To have no
wanc exceeding fourth of the width of the face
Of the side squared All the yellow pine timber
must be of the very best quality of long leaf fine
ram Southern ytlloic pine, TO be hewed to fair
edge, and TO have no more sap than eighth of
he breadth Of the face from each corner the con-
cents OF all sap to be excluded i'll the measurement
al the timber. The oak must be felled between
the first of October and the first of March, and
must have grown within sixty miles of the sea
coast must be stripped OF the bark hewed with
i'll twenty days after it is ielled and placed clear
,,t he of Nuh tistap
be given by the contractor, by the production OF
certificates signed by two respectable witnesses,
with their deposition on oath before some Judge Of
the court or magistrate within the township or
county where the timber was felled
Persons Offering for more than one yard class
must make separate and distinct proposals for the
supply OF each keeping the classes of articles sepa
rate, and embracing the whole quantity of all the
articles in the class. The of each item must be
distinctly carried out, and the aggregate of each
class correctly footed up, which is material to fair
comparison OF bids.
No extension of time for deliveries under any
circumstances, will be granted; and penalties for
non -fulhlmcnt will in all cases be rgidly enforced;
bidders therefore requested 10 offer for no more
than they sure they furnish within the time
specified
The price of all manufactured or sawed lumber
will be estimated and determined by board measure;
the square and round timber unless other wise spe
Gifted, by the cubic foot.
Approved sureties, in twice the estimated amount,
VIII be required III the manner set forth in the con-
tract, and ten per centun in addition will be with
held from the amount of each payment as coiate-
raj security for the faithful performance of the
tract. Ninety per centum of each delivery will be
paid by the navy agent within thirty days after
the presentation OF approved bills, in trpcate, by
the commandment of the yard where the deliveries
made.
Every offer must be accompanied by a written
guaranty Cthe responsibility of the guarantor or
guarantors to be certified to by a navy agent or
other official person, or by some one known to the
Bureau) that, if the offer be accepted, the bidder
or bidders will, within ten days after receipt of
the contract at the post office designated, execute
the same with good and sufficient sureties to fur
nish the articles proposed agrceably to the terms
specified in this advertisement or which may be
embodied in the contract. The law of 10th Au-
gust 1916, torbids the consideration IF all propo
sails not accompanied by such guaranty.
Bidders arc particularly cautioned TO endorse
Their offers as above required, that they may be dis
tinguished from other business letters in order to
prevent their being opened before the day APP
pointed.
All offers not made IN strict conformity with this
advertisement in every particular, will be consid-
efod or rejected, at the option of this Bureau.
Those only whose offers may be accepted will be
/ notified, and contracts forwarded without delay.
Persons offering directed to designate the
ost-ofhcc through which they desire to be adj
dressed, and the navy agent 10 whom the contract
shall be sent for execution.