The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-05-02

NAVY DEPARrMsET,
Bureau Of Provisions and Clothing.

NAVY DEPARTMENT,
Bureau Of ProUisions and C!othi"g.
April "a. 1851.
PROPOSALS, sealed and endorsed Proposals
for Small Stores, will be received at this Blu
reau until O'Clock, p. m. Monday, the goth
day of May next, for furnishing and delivering
.sss ysrS s dsz n as Uasa
Brooklyn, New York. and Gosport, Virginia, such
quantities only of the following articles may be
required or ordered from the contractor by the
manding officers of the said navy yards. during
the fiscal year ending June 80. 1864, viz:
Boxes, shaving handkerchief, cotton
Brushes, shaving Looking glasses
Brushes, scrubbing *Mustard seed
Brushes, shoe Needles, sewing, ass'd
Brushes, clothes *Peppcr, black
Buttons, navy, vest Pepper, red
Buttons, navy. coat Rasors, in single cases
Buttons, dead, eye Razor strops
Backing, boxes Of Ribaud, hat
Bceswax Soap, shaving. in cakes
Combs, coarse Silk, sewing. blue black
Combs, fine Scissors w
Cotton, spools OF Spoons
Grass. for hats Thread. black, white and
Jackknives blue
Handkerchief, 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
conformabc to the samples (ail Of ,chich haze been
recently selected and nssc) deposited at said navy
yards and in this Bureau, and subject to such in
spection at the navy yard whore delivered as the
Chief of this Bureau may direct, and be in all re-
10 Be BY Rssy
the articles TO be delivered free Of all incidental
pense to the Government, in proper vesses or pack
ages and the price Of each and every article must
be the same at the respective places of delivery.
Every separate package in which one or more
dozen of the above articles packed, and the
boxes, bales, or barrels in which the same may be
name of the contractor, and the month and year
when put up, and, when desired, in good, substan-
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 or agent fails promptly to
comply with requisition, the Chief of the Bureau
of Provisions and Clothing shall be authorized TO
direct purchases to be made to supply the dci-
cheney, under the penalty to be expressed in the
contract; the record of requsition, or duplicate
copy thereof at the Bureau of Provisions and Cloth
ing, ut either Of the navy yards aforesaid, shall
be evidence that such requistion has been made
and received.
Two or more approved sureties, in sum equal
to the estimated amount Of the contract, will be
required, and ten per ccntum in addition will be
withheld from the amount Of all payments on ac-
count thereof collateral security, in addition, to
its performance, and not in any event TO DO
paid until it is in all respects complied with; ninety
per centum of tho amount Of alt deliveries made
will be paid by the Navy Agent within thirty days
after bills duly authenticated shall have been pre-
scented to him.
application to the Navy Agents ut Portsmouth,
New Hampshire; Boston, New York, Philadelphia.
Baltimore, Norfolk, Pensacola, and at this Blu
reau. ~
Every offer made must be accompanied Gas d.
rected in the act of Congress making appropria-
tions for the naval service for l646-'47 approved
10th August, lS46) by 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 or their bid be accepted enter into
obligation within five days, with good and sufti-
The Bureau will not be obligated 10 consider any
proposal unless accompanied by the guaranty re-
CURED by law: the competency of the guaranty 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
bidder OF the acceptance OF his proposal will be
deemed notification thereof, within the meaning
of the act of 1876, and his bid will be made and
ceptcd in conformity with this understanding.
Extract from the act Of Congress approved august
10, 1876.
'SEc. 8. And be II 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 proviso to the general appropriation bill
for the navy, approved March third, eighteen hun
dred and forty three, shall be accompanied BY q
written guaranty, signed by one or more respon-
sble persons to the effect that he they undertake
that the bidder or bidders will If his or their bid be
| accepted, enter into obligation in such time
may be prescribed BY the Secretary of the Navy,
plies 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 suretics for furnishing the supplies
then the Secretary of the Navy shall proceed to
contract with some other person or 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 foe
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
came may be Immediately recovered by the United
States, for the use of the Navy Department, in an
action of debt against either or all of said persons"
*Mustard and pepper will be required at New
York only, and in the raw state.
April 25-law4w