The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-26
PROPOSALS FOR TANK IRON.
NAVY DEPARTMENT,

NAVY DsrAsrxsnr,
BUarAv Constructions, EauiP'r. AND R.s.sss'
May Is, lSoS
CEALED PROPOSALS fendorsed Proposals for
~ Tank irony will be received at this horesa
TO O'Clock p m. Of the 9th day OF June next, Tor
furnishing and delivering at the navy yaro ~
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 water- tanks for soops Of soar, viz:
27o.O00 pounds OF plate iron' one-qoarter OF an
inch thick
ls, 900 pounds of boiler rivets, one inch and
five eighths long from inside of head,
and FIVE eigtths diameter
1000 pounds of boiler rivets, two and one
quarter inches long from Inside of head,
and e-eghths diameter
1900 pounds Of five Ell ghths 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, 80 that II will stand two inch dan
all round the edge, and kept free from b,i,tsra II
must De cut correctly to size, and kept straig ut
and level from the shears, and must bear to turn
the Ranges lengthwise without cracking Such as
oreak OF crack must be replaced by and at toe coat
OF the contractor.
All TO be satisfactory to- and be apnroved bv the
commandant of said navy yard
Scnedules OF the iron will be furnished from the
said navy yard to the contractor
The person whose offer NAV be accented will be
required TO enter into contract, which, besides
o'her condluons, will expressly provide that, in
case ne snail In any respect fail to perform the
United States, declared null and void without
ahecting the right Of the said United States TO
recover Tor defaults which may have occurred;
win the stipulation that if default shall be made
oy tne contractor IN delivering all or any of the
arucles contracted for of the quality and at the
time and place named, that then, and in that ca se
tne contractor and his sureties will forfeit and pay
10 the united States, az liquidated damages a sum
OF money equal to twice the contract price, whjc b
hqnidated damages may be recovered from time
to time as they accrue.
1h,r NFo A
out, ana the aggregates amount of the whole
rectly footed up.
Approved sureties in twice the estimated amount
OF the contract will be required in the manner eet
fortn 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-
torrance. Ninety per centum of each bill, ap
proved In trlplcate 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 q written
guarantee The responsibility of the guarantor or
guaraniors to be certified to by navy agent or
otner oHclaI person, or by some known to the
Ooreau) that, II the offer be accepted, the bidder
or oldders WILL within ten days after the receipt
OF the contract at the post office designated exc
cute the same, with good and sufficient sureties
10 furnish the articles proposed agreeably to the
terms specified in this advertisement or which
may be embodied in the contract The law of
lOtn August, 1910, forbids the consideration of all
proposals not accompanied by such guarantee.
nlaoers are particularly cautioned to endorse
Hsetr oT,rs as above required, that they may be
distinguished from other business letters in order
to prevent their being opened before the day ap
pointed.
All offers not made in strict conformity with
TINS advertisement in every particular will be con-
sldered or rejected, at the option of the bureau
The person only whose offer ma y be accepted will
De 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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