The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-04-05

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"sMALL STORES" ls5s-54.
81 NAVY DEPARTMENT,
| as@ ooAhAu OF PROVISIONS AND CLOTHING,
! - March 81, 1853.
| DkOPOSALS. sealed and endorsed "Proposals
Il for Small Stores.'' will be received At this RI .
reau until O'Clock p. m. on Thuredav. The sstb
day OF April next, for furnishing and deIiyerino
| (on receiving ten days. notice) at the United
States navy yards at Charlestown, Massac usetts;
Brooklyn. New York; and Gosport, Virginia. sue h
quantities only of the following articles as NAV be
required or ordered from the contractor by the
chief Of this Bureau, or by the respective COM
-manding officers of the said navy wards DURING
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1854, viz:
Boxes, shaving, Looking glasses
brushes. shaving *Mustard seed
Brushes, scrubbing Needes sewing assor d
Brushes, shoe *Pepper, black
Brushes, clothes hPepper red
b b'' navy, vest Razors, in single cases
Buttons, navy, coat Razor strops
BUTTONS, dead eye Riband, hat
6'acKlnR' boxes OF Soap, shaving, in cakes
Deeswa1 Silk, sewing, blue black
COMBS, coarse Scissors
Combs, hne Spoons
Cotton, spools of Thread, black, white
Grass, for hats and blue
Jackknlyes Tape, black and white
Handkerchief, cotton TbimbIes
Handkerchiefs, silk, fan
cy colors
York only, and in the raw state.
All the articles must be Of good quality equal to
the best OF those generally used in the service and
comfortable to the samples (aU of .shieh hn,e bee,,
recently selected and netc) deposited at said navy
yards and in this bureau, and subject to such in
spection at the navy yard where delivered as the
chief OF this bureau may direct, and be in all re-
spects satisfactory to the inspecting officer said
officer to be appointed by the Navy Department
All the articles to be delivered free of all incidental
expense TO the government, in proper vessels
packages and the price of each and every article
must be the same at the respective places OF de-
livery. 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 delivered. shall be marked with their ntents;
the name OF the contractor, and the month and
year when put up; and, when desired, in good
substantial 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 agent fails promptly
to comply with requisition, the chief of the Blu.
reau ofProvisons and Clothing shall be authorized
to direct purchases to be made to supply the def
cheney, under the penalty to be expressed in the
contract; the record of requisition, or duplicate
copy thereof at the Bureau of Provisions and
Clothing, or at either of the navy yards aforesaid
shall be evidence that such requisition 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 centum in addition will be
withheld from the amount of all payments on
account thereof collateral security, TO secure
its performance, and not in any event to be paid
until it is in all respects complied with nine
ty 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 pre-
sen ted to him
Blank forms of proposals may be obtained on
application to the Navy Agents at Portsmouth, New
Hampshire; Boston, New York, philadelphia Bal
timore, Norfolk, Pensacola, and at this bureau
record or duplicate Of the letter informing a
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deemed notification thereof within the meaning
of the act of 1886, and his bid will be made and
accepted in conformity with this understanding.
Every offer made must be accompanied {as d.
rected in the act of Congress making appropria-
tions for the naval service for 1S46-47, approved
10th August, 1S46) by written guarantee, signed
by one or more responsible persons, to the effect
that he or they undertake that the bidder or bid
ders will, if his their bid be accepted enter into
an obligation within five days, with good and suf-
fcient sureties, to furnish the supplies proposed
The bureau will not be obligated to consider any
proposal unless accompanied by the guarantee re-
CURED by law; the competency of the guarantee
to be certified by the navy agent, district attorney,
or some officer of the General Government known
to the bureau.
Extract from the act Of Congress oppfcped Au-
'.SEc. g.. And be it further enacted, That from
and after the passage of this act every proposal
for naval supplies invited by the Secretary of the
Navy. under the proviso to the general appropra-
teen hundred and forty-three, shall be accompa-
MED by written guarantee, signed by one or
more responsible persons, to the effect that he
they undertake that the bidder bidders will, il
his or their bid be accepted, enter into oblign-
ton, in such time as may be prescribed by the
Secretary Of the Navy, with good and sufficient
sureties TO furnish the supplies proposed. No pro-
posal shall be considered unless accompanied by
such guarantee. If after the acceptance of pro-
posal, and a notification thereof to the bidder or
bidders be Or they shall fail to enter into an obi
CATION within the time prescribed by the Secretary
OF the Navy, with good and sufficient sureties for
furnishing the supplies, then the Secretary of the
Navy shall proceed to contract with some other
person or persons for furnishing the said supplies,
and shall forthwith cause the difference between
the amount contained in the proposal 80 guaran-
teed and the amount for which he may have con-
tracted for furnishing the said supplies for the
whole period of the proposal to be charged up
against said bidder or bidders. and his or their
guarantor or guarantors; and the same 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
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