The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-10
PROPOSALS FOR TANK IRON.

.-..4s.. NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU CONSTRUCTION, EeUIP'T. AND R.PAIRs,
May Is, 1853.
SEALED PROPOSALS (endorsed Proposals for
~ Tank Iron') will be received at this Bureau
TO O'Clock p m, of the 9th day of June next for
washington District of columbie free Of expense
and risk to the United States the following guam
titles of the beat American iron, required to make
'ir sets Of netherlands for sloops Of ,Oar, viz:
21o'ooo 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
1000 pounds of boiler rivets, two and one
quarter inches long minside of head,
and five-eghths diameter
$500 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, that it will stand two-inch 1ange
all round the edge, and kept free from blisters. II
must be cut correctly to size, and kept straight
and level from the shears, and must bear to turn
the fanges lengthwise without cracking. Such as
break or 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.
The person whose offer may be accepted will be
required to enter into contract, which, besides
other conditions, will expressly provide that, in
case he shall in any respect fail to perform the
contract the came 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 will forfeit and pay
to the United States, as iquidated 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 suretes in twice 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 for 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 (the responsibility of the guarantor
guarantors to be certified to by navy agent
other Official person, or 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, 1885, forbids the consideration of all
proposals not accompanied by such guarantee.
Bidders particularly cautioned to endorse
their offers as above required, that they may be
distinguished from other business letters, in order
to prevent their being opened before the day APP
pointed.
All offers not made in strict conformity with
this advertisement in every particular will be con-
sidered rejected, at the option of the bureau.
The person only whose offer may be accepted will
be notified. and contract forwarded 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 to publish this advertise
ment will be specially notified by this bureau.
None others will be paid for its insertion.
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