The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-24

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NAVY DsSAarnsxr,
BUREAU CONSTRUCTIONS, EaoIPAr. AVID NnpAIss,
May 10. 1883.
SEALED PRoPOsALs (endorsad .Propo..l. for
- Tank irony viii b received At THE Bureau
to O'Clock M, of the 9Th day of Juns next for
furnishing and delivering at the navy yaro q
Washington. District Of Colombia. free OF expense
and risk to the United States the following guam
nnss OF the best American iron, feq.e e; 20 maze
sir sets Of scoter-tanks for sleoPs 81 ~oT, VIZ
N6,UOO pounds Of plate Iron' ono-qoafser OF an
Is, pounds of boiler rivets, one inch and
five eighths long from inside Of head,
and five eighths diameter st1
1000 pounds of boiler rivsts, two and one
quarter inches long from inside Of head,
and 6ve- eiGhths diameter
500 pounds Of Ave eighths inch round iron.
All the said iron to be delivered on before the
last of September next.
The plate iron must be made from the best char
coal blooms, 30 that 1t will stand two inch han9e
all round the edge, and kept tree from bstevs. II
must be cut correctly to ssss and kept straight
and level from the shears, and must bear to turn
the aanges lengthwise without cracking. Such az
break crack must be replaced by and at the cost
of the contractor.
All to be satisfactory to, and be approved BY, the
commandant Of said navy yard.
Schedules OF the iron will be furnished from the
said navy yard to the contractor. - ID ~.
The person whose offer may be accepted will be
required to enter into contract, which, besides
other conditions, will expressly provide that, in
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 or 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 suretes viii Forfeit and pay
TO the United States, a. hquidated damages, sum
of money equal TO twice the contract price, which
hquidated damages may be recovered from time
to time az they accrue.
The cost of each item must be distinctly carried
out, and the aggregate amount Of the whole cor.
rectiy footed up.
Approved soreties in twice the estimated amount
ofthe contract will be required in the manner set
forth in that instrument, and ten per centum in
addition will be withheld from the amount of each
payment as collateral security for its faithful per-
formance. Ninety per centum of each bill, ap-
proved IN triphcste 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 (the responsibility of the guarantor or
guarantors to be certified to by navy agent or
other orlcial person, or by some one known to the
onreau) that, II 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 soreties,
to furnish the articles proposed, agreeably to the
terms specified in this advertisement, or which
may may be embodied in the contract, The law Of
10th August, lS46, orbids the consideration of all
proposals not ompanied by such guarantee.
BIDDERS are particularly cautioned to endorse
Their CTtrs as above required, that they may be
disring 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.
sdered or rejected, at the option of the bureau.
The person only whose offer ma be accepted will
be notified. and contract for rded 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. fl-a
All editors authorized TO publish this advertise.
ment will be specially notified by this boreau.
None others will be paid for its insertion.
May l9-law4w -aF