The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-05-20
NAVAL SUPPLIES FOR Is52 So.
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
Bureau Of Construction, Equipment,
and Repair, ApTil 27, 1852.


Bureau Of Construction, Equipment,
and Repair, April 27, 1882.
SEALED PROPOSALS, endorsed Proposals for
~ Naval Supplies" (namng the class and yard
for which the offer is made,) will be received at
this Bureau until O'Clock, p. m, of the I'd June
next, for furnishing and delivering, under con
tract, ut the respective Navy Yards hereinafter
named, the several articles specified in this adyer-
quired at each of said Navy Yards, comprising
due proportion of each kind, must be delivered on
or before the first Of September next; one other
fourth part or before the first OF December next
other fourth part on or before the first of April
and the remainder before the thirtieth Of
June, eighteen hundred and fifty-three.
In accepting offers, (all other things, including
price and quality being equal) preference will be
given to articles of the growth, production, and
manufacture Of the United States.
Persons whose offers may be accepted will be re
qured TO enter into contracts which, besides other
conditions, will expressly provide that, IN case
they shall in any respect fail to perform the CON
tracts, the same may be, at the option OF the Uni
ted States, declared null and void, without affect
ing the right of the said United States to recover
for defaults which may have occurred; with the
stipulation that, if default shall be made by the
contractor in delivering all any of the articles
contracted for of the quality and at the times and
places named, that then and in that case the con-
tractor and his sureties will forfeit and pay to the
United States, as liquidatcd damages, sum of
money equal to twice the contract price, which
liquidated damages may be recovered from time to
time as they accrue.
Proposals must provide for furnishing and deliv-
ering, ON like terms and conditions, any additional
quantity or quantities OF the articles contracted for
that may be required mt either of the said Navy
Yards before the expiration OF the fiscal year end
ing on the said thirtieth OF June, eighteen hundred
and fifty y-three, fifteen days previous notice
from the Bureau the commandant of the yard
where the articles to be delivered to the con-
tractor or his agent at the point of delivery.
Bids must be separate and distinction each naUy yard
rLrfSs Of. HrnSp
brace all the articles mentioned in the class for cich the
bid IS made. The cost OF each item must be dis
tncty carried out, and the aggregate OF each class
correctly footed up, which is material to iair
comparison of bids.
= No extension of time for deliveries under any
contract will be granted and penalties for full
fment will in all cases be rigidly enforced; bid
ders are, therefore, requested to ofier Tor no more
than they sure they can furnish within the time
specified.
All articles must be of the very best quality, con-
forming to samples, where specified, which VIII be
exhibited on application to the commandant OF the
yard at which they are to be delivered. They must
be in good order and condition, in suitable vessels
or packages, as the case may be, at the charge of
the contractor. All articles, vessels and packages
to be subject TO the inspection of the yard where
they received, and be in all respects to the sat
isiaction OF the commandant thereof.
Approved sureties in twice the estimated amount
of each contract will be required in the manner set
forth in that instrument, and ten per centum In
payment, as collateral secsrity for It's faithful per-
iormance. Ninety per centum OF each bill, APP
proved IN triplicatc by the respective command
ants Of said navy yards, iciH be paid by The Macy
agent al e point Of deiiUery, within thirty days af
ter Its presentation 10 him.
Every offer must be accompanied by written
guaranty (the responsibility of the guarantor or
guarantors to be certified TO by navy agent or
other official person, by some one known 10 the
Bureau) that, ii the offer be accepted, the bidder
bidders will, within ten days after the receipt OF
the contract Mt tho post Office designated, execute
the same with good and sufficient surctes, to fur
nish the articles proposed agreeably TO the terms
specified in this advertisement, or which may bo
embodied in the contract The law Of 10th Au-
gust 1916, forbids the consideration Of all propo-
sails not accompanied by such guaranty.
Bidders particularly cautioned to endorse
their oirs above required, that they may be dis
tinguishod from other business letters, in order To
prevent their being opened before the day APP
pointed.
All ofIers not made in strict conformity with this
advertisement in every particular, will be consid-
cred rejected at the option OF the Bureau. Those
only whose offers may be accepted will be notified,
and contracts forwarded without delay.
Persons offering are directed 10 designate the
post office through which they desire TO be nd
dressed, and the navy agent 10 whom the contract
shall be cent for execution.
All editors authorized 10 publish this advertise
mont will be specially notified by this Bureau.
None others will be paid for its insertion.
Each bolt Of flax canvas must weigh the number
Of pounds, and strips taken from the canvas must
bear the weights prescribed in the following table;