The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-04-11
To be offered for


diminished, as the service may hereafter require
The contracts will therefore be made not for rpe-
cic quantities but for such quantities IA the ser
vice may require 10 be delivered at thoso navy yards
respectively.
Contractors not residing at the places where de-
liveries arc required must establish agencies al
such places that no delay may arise in furnishing
what may be required; and when contractor fails
promptly 10 comply with a requisiton, the Chief oi
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 a requisition, or
duplicate copy thereof at the Bureau OF frovislon'
said, shall be evidence that such requisition has
been made and received.
Separate offers must be made for each article Tex
cepf 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 night to
accept one or more Of the articles contained in such
offer, and reject the remainder, and bidders whose
proposals are accepted (and none others) will be
forthwith notified, and as early as pracucaoie
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 a sum equa
10 the estimated amount of the respective con
tracts will bcrequircd and ten per centum in ad-
dition 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 is in all respects complied
with: ninety pcr ccntum of the amount OF all deliv-
cries made win 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
plioation 10 the Navy Agents at Portsmouth, New
Hampshire; Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Bal.
timorc, Washington, Norfolk, Pensacola, and al
this Bureau.
Every offer made must be accompanied (as di-
rectcd In the act Of Congress making appropriations
for the naval service for 1861, approved 10Th Au
gust, ls46) by a written guarantee, signed by ono
or more responsible persons TO the effect that he
they undertake that the bidder bidders will, u
his or their bid be accepted enter into obligation
within five days, with good and sufficient suretcs
TO furnish the supplies proposed. The Bureau vii
not be obligated 10 consider any proposal unless
accompanied by the guarantee required by law
che competency Of the guarantee 10 be certified by
The Navy Agent, District Attorney, or some Officer
OF the General Government known 10 the Bureau.
record or duplicate Of the letter informing a
bidder Of the acceptance Of his proposal, will be
deemed notification thereof, within the meaning
of the act of 1896 and his bid will be made and sc
cepted in conformity with this understanding.
Extract from the act Of Consrsss, approved Augus'
10, 1876.
'.Sec 6. And BE- IL further enacted, That from and
after the passage Of this act every proposal for ma
val supplies invited by the Secretary OF the Navy,
under the provso TO the general appropriation bill
tor the navy, approved March third, eighteen hun