The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-23
DAILY
PROPOSALS FOR TANK IRON.
NAVY DEPARTMENT,

NAVY DEPARTMENT.,
BUREAU CONSTRUCTION, EouIP'T, AND REPAIRS,
May Is, 1858.
SEALED PROPOSALS endorsed 'sProposals for
~ Tank iron') will be received at this Bureau
to O'Clock p. M, of the 9th day Of June next, for
furnishing and delivering at the navy yard at
Washin gton. District of Columbia, free of expense
and risk to the United States the following guam
titles OF the beet American iron, required to make
s'r sets Of ,Dater-tanks for sloops Of ioar, viz:
27oOO0 pounds of plate iron, one-quarter OF an
inch thick
$4,000 pounds of boiler rivets, one inch and
five .eighths long from inside of head,
and FIVE eighths diameter
1900 pounds of boiler rivets, two and one
quarter inches long from inside OF head,
and eghths diameter
l,oUo pounds of five eighths inch round iron.
All the said iron to be delivered on or before the
last OF September next.
The plate iron must be made from the best char
coal blooms, SO that it will stand inch hange
all round the edge, and kept free from blisters 1t
must be cut correctly to size, and kept straight
and level from the shears, and must bear to turn
the hspges lengthwise without cracking. Such as
break crack must be replaced by and at the cost
of the contractor
All to be satisfactory to, and be approved by, the
commandment of said navy yard.
Schedules of the iron will be furnished from the
said navy yard to the contractor.
The person whose offer may be accepted will be
required to enter into contract, which, besides
other conditions, will expressly provide that, in
case ut sudll III any TespSCt lall W peTiOI
contract, the same may be- at the option Of the
United States, declared null and void, without
affecting 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
time and place named, that then, and in that case,
the contractor and his sureties will forfeit and pay
to the United States as liquidated damages, sum
of money equal to twice the contract price, which
liquidated damages may be recovered from time
to time as they accrue.
The cost of each item must be distinctly carried
out, and the aggregate amount of the whole cor.
rectly footed up.
Approved sureties in tw ice the estimated amount
of the contract will be required in the manner Get
forth in that instrument, and ten per centum in
addition will be withheld from the amount OF each
payment as collateral security Tor Its faithful per-
formance Ninety per centum of each bill, ap
proved in triplicate by the commandant OF the
said navy yard, will be paid by the navy agent at
the point of delivery within thirty days after its
presentation to him.
Every offer must be accompanied by written
guarantee (he responsibility of the guarantor or
guarantora to be certified to by navy agent or
other Official person, by some one known to the
bureau) that, if the offer be accepted, the bidder
or bidders will, within ten days after the receipt
of the contract at the post Office designated, exc
cute the same, with good and sufficient sureties,
to furnish the articles proposed agreeably to the
terms specified in this advertisement, or which
may be embodied in the contract. The law Of
10th August, 1896 forbids the consideration of all
proposals notnccompanied by such guarantee.
Bidders particularly cautioned to endorse
their offers as above required, that they may be
nguished from other business letters, in order
to prevent their being opened before the day ap-
pointed.
All offers not made in strict conformity with
this advertisement in every particular will be con-
sidered or rejected, at the option Of the bureau.
The person only whose offer may be accepted will
be notified. and contract for warded without delay.
Persons offering directed to designate the
post office through which they desire to be ad-
dressed, and the navy agent to whom the contract
shall be sent for execution.
All editors authorized 10 publish this advertise.
ment will be specially notified by this bureau.
None others will be paid for its insertion.
May l9-law4w