The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-04-02
To be offered for:

The quantities OF any or all may be increased or
The contracts i'll therefore be mad, not for spe-
cihc quantities, but for such quantities the
vice may require to be delivered navy yards
respectively.
Contractors not residing at the places where de-
liveries are required must establish agencies nj
such places, that no delay may in furnishn q
what may be required; and when a contractor fails
promptly to comply with requlsition, the Chs f
of the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing shall be
authorized to direct purchases to be made TO sup
ply the deficiency, under The penalty to be cx-
pressed In the contract the record of requistion,
or duplicate copy thereof at the Bureau Of Pro
visions and Clothing, or at either Of The navy yards
aforesaid, shall be violence that such requisiton
has been made and received.
Separate offers must be made for each article
Except soap) at each Of the aforesaid navy yards;
and in case more than one article ia contained in
the offer, the Chief OF the Bureau will have the
right to accept of the articles contained
In such offer, and reject the remainder; and bid
ders whose proposals are accepted (and none
othersl will be forthwith notified, and as early as
practicable contract will be transmitted to them
for execution; which contract must be returned to
the Bureau within five days, exclusive of the time
required for the regular transmission Of the mail.
Two more approved sureties, in q sum equal
to the estimated amount of the respective con-
tracts, will be required, and ten per centum in ad-
ditiop will be withheld from the amount of all
payments on account thereof as collateral security
IN addition, to secure it's performance, and not in
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Piled with; ninety per centum of the amount Of
all deliveries made will be paid by the Navy Agent
within thirty days after bills duly authenticated
shall have been presented to him.
Blank forms of proposals may be obtained on ap
pllcation to the Navy Agents at Portsmouth, New
Hampshire; BOSTON, New York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Washington, Norfolk, Pensacola, and
at this Bureau.
A record, or duplicate of the letter Informing a
bidder OF the acceptance of his proposal, will be
deemed a notification thereof, within the meaning
OF the act of 1916, and his bid will be made and
accepted in conformity with this understanding.
Every offer made must be accompanied Gas direct.
ed in the act Of Congress making appropriations for
the naval service for l846-47, approved 10th Au.
gust, lS46) by written guarantee, signed by
one or more responsible persons, to the effect
that he they undertake that the bidder or
bidders will, If his or their bid be accepted, en-
ter into an 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, some officer of the General
Government known to the Bureau.
Extract from the act Of Congress, approved august
10, 1886.
CSC. 6. And be IL further enacted, That from
and after the passage of this act every for
naval supplies invited by the Secretary of the
Navy, under the proviso to the general appropria.
tion bill for the navy. approved March third,
eighteen hundred and forty three shail be accom-
panied by q written guarantee, signed by one or