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NAVY DEPARTMENT,
Bvvesu of Provisioas aRd Clofhiag,
April ~. 1851.
nROPOSALS, scaled and endorsed proposals
t for Small Stores" will be received 1t this Blu
reau until O'Clock, p. IN. ON Monday. the Goth
day of May next, for furnishing and delivering
Con receiving ten days notice) At tho United
'States navy yards at Charlestown, Massachusetts,
Brooklyn, New York, and Gosport, Virginia, such
Quantities only of the following articles AZ may be
required or ordered from the contractor by the
Chief of this Bureau, or by the respective COM
handing officers OF the said navy yards, during
the fiscal year ending June so, 1852, viz:
Boxes, shaving handkerchief, cotton
Brushes, shaving Looking glasses
Brushes, scrubbing *Mustard seed
Brushes, shoe Needles, sewing, ass'd
Brushes, clothes $Pepper, black
Buttons, navy, vest Pepper, red
Buttons. navy, coat Rasors, in single cases
Buttons, dead-cye Razor strops
Backing, boxes Of Riband, hat
Beeswax Soap, shaving, in cakes
Combs, coarse Silk, sewing, blue black
Combs, fine Scissors
Cotton, spools OF Spoons
Grass, for hats Thread, black, white and
Jackknives blue
Hnndkerchiefs, silk, Tape, black and white
fancy colors Thimbles
All the articles must be Of good quality, equal to
the best OF those generally used in the service, and
conformabIe to the samples (aH Of ,oheh hare been
recently selected and ns,c) deposited at said navy
yards and in this Bureau, and subject to such in
spection at the navy yard where delivered az the
Chief Of this Bureau may direct. and be in all re-
spec satisfactory e the ,n'HscanE omcsr, SAID ON
the articles TO be delivered free of all incidental ex
pense to the Government, in proper vessels or pack
ages and the price Of each and every article must
be the Same NJ the respective places OF delivery.
Every separate package in which one or moro
dozen of the above articles are packed, and the
boxes, bales or barrels in which the same may be
delivered, shall be marked with their contents, the
name of the contractor, and the month and year
when put up, and, when desired, In good sub5tan-
tial shipping order.
The Contractor must establish agencies at such
stations other than his residence, that no delay
may arise in furnishing what may be required;
and when the contractor agent fails promptly to
comply with reputation, the Chief Of the Bureau
of Provisions and Clothing shall be authorized to
direct purchases to be made to supply the def-
ciepcv. under the penalty to be expressed in the
contract; The record of requisition, duplicate
copy thereof at the Bureau Of Provisions and Cloth
ing or at either Of the navy yards aforesaid, shall
be evidence that such requisition has been made
and received.
Two or more approved sureties, in a sum equal
to the estimated amount of the contract, will be
required. and ten per centum in addition Will be
withheld from the amount OF all payments on ac-
count thereof collateral security in addition to
secure it's performance and not in any event to be
paid until it is in all respects complied with ninety
per centum of the amount of all deliveries made
will be paid by the Navy Agent within thirty days
scented to him.
Blank forms of proposals may be obtained on
application to the Navy Agents at Portsmouth,
Now Hampshire; Boston, New York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Norfolk, Pensacola, and At this Blu
reau.
Every offer made must be accompanied Gas di-
rectcd in the act of Congress making appropria.
tions for the naval service for t646-47, approved
10th August, lS46) by a written guaranty, signed
by one or more responsible persons, to the effect
that he or they undertake that the bidder or bid
ders will. if his their bid be accepted. enter into
obligation within five days, with good and suffi-
cient sureties, to furnish the supplies proposed.
The Bureau will not be obligated TO consider any
proposal unless accompanied by the guaranty re-
quired by law: the competency OF the guaranty to
DO certified by the Navy Agent. District Attorney,
to the Bureau.
record or duplicate of the letter informing
bidder of tho acceptance OF his proposal will be
deemed notification thereof. within the meaning
of the act of 1896 and his bid will be made and
cepted in conformity with this understanding.
Extract from the act Of Congress approved August
10, 1916.
sSEc. 6. And be Il further enacted, That, from and
atsr the passage Of this act, every proposal for
val supplies invited by the Secretary of the Navy
under the proyiso to me genera bill
dred and forty three, shall be accompanied by a
written guaranty, signed by one or more respon-
sbe persons, to the effect that he they undertake
tne DluOef or Di0OcIb WILL ~ tueE DC
accepted, enter into an obligation in such time as
may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy,
with good and sufficient surcties. to furnish the sup
plics proposed. No proposal shall be considered
unless accompanied by such guaranty. II. after
the acceptance Of a proposal and notification
thereof to the bidder or bidders, he or they shall
fail to enter into obligation within the time pre-
scribed by the Secretary of the Navy, with good
and sufficient sureties for furnishing the supplies
then the Secretary of the Navy shall proceed to
contract with Some other person persons for fur
nishing the said supplies; and shall forthwith
cause the difference between the amount contained
In the proposal 30 guaranteed and the amount for
which he may have contracted for furnishing the
said supplies for the whole period Of the proposal to
be charged up against said bidder or bidders, and
his or their guarantor guarantors; and the
same may be Immediately recovered by the United
States, for the use of the Navy Department, in an
action of debt against either all of said persons
@Mustard and pepper will be required at New
York only, and in the raw state.
April 25-1aw4w
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