The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-04
PROPOSALS FOR TANK IRON.
NAVY DEPARTMENT,

NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU CONSTRUCTIONS, EauiP'r. AND REpAdRs,
#. si-l May Is, 1853.
- EALED PROPOSALS endorsed proposals for
- Tank irony 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
Washington. District of Columbia free of expense
and risk to the United States, the following guam
titles of the best American iron, required to make
sir sets Of ,Dnter turks for sloops Of ,rar, viz:
2I6,ooo pounds OF plate iron, one-quarter OF an
inch thick
900 pounds of boiler rivets one inch and
five. eighths long from inside of head,
and five eightbs diameter
1000 pounds of boiler rivets, two and one
quarter inches long from inside OF head,
and five eighths diameter t-
800 pounds of FIVE eighths inch round iron
All the said iron 10 be delivered or before the
last of September next
The plate iron must be made from the best char
coal blooms, go that it will stand two inch fange
all round the edge, and kept free from bsters. 1t
must be cut correctly to size, and kept straight
and level from the shears and must bear to tur n
| the flanges lengthwise without cracking. Such as
break crack must be replaced by and at the cost
of the contractor.
All tot 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 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 will forfeit and pay
to the United States, as quidated damages, a 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.
| recty footed up.
| Approved suretes in twice the estimated amount
OF the contract will be required in the manner sci
| forth in that instrument and ten per centum IN
| addition will be withheld from the amount of each
payment as collateral security Tor It's ialthful per
| formance. Ninety per centum of each bill, ap
proved in triplicatc by the commandant of tht
| said navy yard, will be paid by the navy agent a
the point of delivery within thirty days after iti
| presentation to him
Every offer must be accompanied by written
| guarantee (,he responsibility Of the guarantor OF
| guaranors to be certified to by navy agent OF
other orhciai person, or by some one known TO tht
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 suretes
to furnish the articles proposed, agreeably to tht
| terms specified in this advertisement or which
may be embodied in the contract. The law o
10th August lS46, forbids the consideration of all
| proposals not accompanied by such guarantee.
| Bidders particularly cautioned to endors
| their oftrs as above required, that they may bt
ds,ing usbed from other business letters, in order
to prevent their being opened before the day ap
pointed.
| All offers not made in strict conformity will
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 forwarded without delay
L of, diver Tod tn dos rrpp TO /.
| post office through which they desire to be ad
dressed, and the navy agent to whom the contrac
| 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 it's insertion.
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