The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-04-17
To be offered for :

The Quantities of any or all may be increased or
diminished, as the service may hereafter require
The contracts will therefore bc made not Tor spe-
cjfc quantities but for such quantities as the SER
vice may require to be delivered at th1so navy yards
respectively.
Contractors not residing at the places where de-
liveries arc required must establish agencies nt
such places that no delay may arise in furnishing g
what may be required; and when a contractor fails
promptly TO comply with requisition, the Chiei oil
the Bureau Of Provisions and Clothing shall pe an-
thorized 10 direct purchases TO be made TO supply
the deficiency, under the penalty to be expressed
in the contract; the record of requisition, or a
duplicate copy thereof at the Bureau OF Provisions
and Clothing at either Of the navy yards afore-
said, shall Be evidence that such requisiuon has
been made and received.
Separate offers must be made Tor each arncie tex.
cept Soap) at each Of the aforesaid navy YARDS and
in case more than one article is contained IN the
offer the Chief of the Bureau will have the right to
accept of the articles contained In such
ofier and reject the remainder, and bidders whose
proposals accepted (and none othcrs) VIII be
forthwith notified, and az early as pracucaDlc
contract will be transmitted TO them for execution;
which contract must be returned TO the Bureau
within five days exclusive of the time required for
the regular transmission Of the mail:
Two or more approved sureties in sum equal
20 the estimated amount Of the respective con
tracts will be required, and ten per ccntum in ad-
dition will be withheld from the amount OF all pay
mcns account thereof as collateral security, IN
addition 10 secure its performance, and not in any
event TO be paid until IL IL in all respects complied
with ninety per ccntum Of the amount Of all delv-
cries made win be paid by the Navy Agent within
thirty days after bills duly authenticated shall have
been presented TO him.
Blank forms of proposals may be obtained on APP
plcation to the Navy Agents at Portsmouth, New
Hampshire; Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Bal
timore, Washington, Norfolk, Pensacola, and at
this Bureau. nf
Every offer made must be accompanied (as di-
rccted In the act Congress making appropriations
for the naval service for 1886 ~. approved 10th Au
gust Is46) by a written guarantee, signed by one
or more responsible persons, to the effect that he
they undertake that the bidder or bidders will, IL
his or their bid be accepted, enter into obligation
within five days, with good and sufficient sureties,
10 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, some officer
of the General Government known TO the Bureau.
A record, or duplicate Of the letter informing a
bidder of the acceptance Of his proposal, will bc
deemed notification thereof, within the meaning
of the act OF 1896 and his bid will he made and ac-
ceptcd in conformity with this understanding.
Erfraef from the act Of Congrsss, approved august
10, 1876.
'sSec 6. And BE- II 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 proviso to the general appropriation bill
for the navy, approved March third, eighteen hun