The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-04-06
To be offered for :

The quantities Of any all may be increased or
diminished, as the service may hereafter require.
The contracts will therefore be made not for spe-
cifc quantities but for such quantities as the SER
vice may require to be delivered at thoso navy yards
respectively.
Contractors not residing at the places where de-
liveries are 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 requistion, the Chief OF
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 rcquisition, or a
duplicate copy thereof at the Bureau Of Provisions
and Clothing, or at either OF the navy yards aiore
said, shall be evidence that such requisiuon has
been made and received.
Separate offers must be made for each article Tex
cept Soap) at each Of the Aforesaid navy yards; and
in case more than one article is contained IN tne
offer the Chief Of the Bureau viii have the right to
accept one or 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 practlcaole
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 suretics in q sum equal
10 the estimated amount Of the respective con-
tracts will be required and ten per centum In ad-
diton will be withheld from the amount of all pay
ments on account thereof collateral security IN
addition, TO secure its performance and not IN an
with; ninety per ccntum Of the amount OF all dciv-
cries made win be paid by the Navy Agent within
thirty days after bills duly authenticated shall have
been presented 70 him.
Blank forms of proposals may be obtained on APP
plication to the Navy Agents at Portsmouth, New
Hampshire; Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Bal
tmore, Washington, Norfolk, Pensacola, and at
this Bureau.
Every offer made must be accompanied (as di
rected in the act Of Congress making appropriations
for the naval service for 1886 approved 10th Au
gust, ls46) by a written guarantee, signed by one
or more responsible persons, 10 the effect that he
they undertake that the bidder bidders will, IL
his or their bid be accepted enter into obligation
within five 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 to the Bureau.
record, or duplicate of the letter informing
bidder of the acceptance of his proposal, will be
deemed q 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 the act Of Congress, Approved August
10, 1886.
'sSec 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 tho proviso the general appropriation bill
tor The navy, approved March third, eighteen hun