The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-04-03
To be offered for

The quantities of any or all may be increased or
diminished, the service may hereafter require.
The contracts will therefore be made not for spc-
cifc quantities but for such quantities as the ser
vice may require to be delivered at those navy yards
respectively.
liycries arc 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 a requsition, the Chief oil
the Bureau Of Provisions and Clothing shall be au-
thorized TO direct purchases to be made TO supply
the deficiency, under the penalty TO be expressed
in the contract; the record OF requisition, or
duplicate copy thereof at the Bureau OF Provisions
and Clothing or at either Of the navy yards afore-
said shall be evidence that such requisition has
been made and received.
Separate offers must be made for each article Tex.
cep Soap) at each Of the aforesaid navy yards; and
in case more than article is contained IN the
offer the Chief of the Bureau will have the rght 10
accept one or more of the articles contained in such
offer and reject the remainder, and bidders whose
proposals are accepted (and none othcrs) will be
forthwith notified, and as carly as practicable a
contract will be transmitted TO them for execution;
which contract must be returned 10 the Bureau
within five days, exclusive of the time required ior
the regular transmission of the mail.
Two or more approved suretics in n sum equal
10 the estimated amount of the respective con-
tracts will be required, and ten per centum IN ad-
dtion will be withheld from the amount OF all pay
ments ON account thereof as collateral security, IN
addition, 10 secure its performance, and not In any
event TO be paid until Il s in all respects complied
with; ninety per centum Of the amount OF all deliv-
cries made viii be paid by the Navy Agent within
thirty days after bills duly authenticated shall have
been presented 10 him.
Blank forms of proposals may be obtained on APP
plication to the Navy Agents at Portsmouth, New
Hampshire; Boston, New York, Phiiadelphia, bal
timore, Washington, Norfolk, Pensacola, and at
this Bureau.
Every offer made must be accompanied las di-
rected in the act of Congress making appropriations
for the naval service for 1886 al, approved 10th Au-
gust, lS46) by written guarantee, signed by one
or more responsible persons, to the effect that he
they undertake that the bidder bidders will, il
his or their bid be accepted. enter into obligation
within ive days, with good and sufficient sureties
to furnish the supplies proposed. The Bureau will
not be obligated TO consider any proposal unless
accompanied by the guarantee required by law;
the competency of the guarantee TO be certified by
the Navy Agent, District Attorney, or some officer
of the General Government known 10 the Bureau.
A record, or duplicate Of the letter informing a
bidder Of the acceptance of bis proposal, will lie
deemed n notification thereof, within the meaning
of the act of 1896 and his bid will be made and ac-
ceptcd in conformity with this understanding.
Extract from hs act of Congress, 4pprorsd august
TO- 1916.
s'Scc 6. dnd be IL further enacted, That from and
after the passage Of this act, every proposal Tor ma
val supplies invited by the Secretary OF the Navy,
under the provso 10 the general appropriation bill
Tor the navy, approved March third, eighteen hun