Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-02-09
PROPOSALS.
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU OF YARDS AND Docks,

NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU OF YARDS AND Docks,
January 24th, 1854.
SEALED PROPOSALS. for each class separately, en-.
- dorsed " Proposals for Class No, for the navy
yard at Washington" will be received at this office
until o'clock p. on the 25th ofFebruary next for
furnishing and delivering at such place or placer
within the navy yard aforesaid may be directed
~ the conmandant thereof the materials and ar
| tices herein specified, viz:
CLASS No. 1. .s
BRICKS. .llHl .-
100000 best hard, red, handmade bricks, per thou
sand.
100000 best hard, red, machine-made bricks, pen
Onehird Of each kind to be delivered on CT before
he LIST May next, one third or before the LIST OF
June, and the balance on or before the LIST July.
CLASS No. 2.
STONE
200 perches best quality large sze building stone
per perch.
To be delivered on or before the LIST May next.
CLASS No. 3.
CEMENT.
500 barrels best quality fresh hydraulic cement in
tight barrels, each to contain 200 pounds, pei
To be delivered on or before the LIST May next
Ali the articles must be OF the best quality deliv
cred in good order, free OF all and every extra
charge or expense, and subject to the inspection
count. weight, or measurement of the said navy
yard, and be In all respects satisfactory the
mandant thereof.
The deliveries of all these materials may be com
nenced forthwith, and must be continued from time
to time, in the opinion of the command ant of the
yard, the wants of the service may REQUIRE and
must be completed within the times specified in the
;lasses.
They will be measured. inspected, counted, or
weighed by the rules adopted by the government at
The navy yard; for instructions regarding which.
and Tor more particular description of all the ma
.erais, reference is to be made to the commandan,
Approved sureties, in the full amount of the con-
trait, will be required, aud twenty per centum as
additional security, deducted from each payment
until the contract shall have been completed can
celed, unless otherwise ordered by the depart-
ment. ....
1t will be stipulated i'm the contract that if default
shall be made by parties OF the first part in deliver
ing all or any of tue articles mentioned of the quail
and at the tunes and places above provided. then.
and III that case, the said parties will forfeit and paw
TO the United States, as iqudated damages, a sum
OF money equal to twice the amount OF the contract
riee herein agreed upon as the price to be paid
the articles III case OF the actual delivery thereof
which iquidated damages may be recovered from
time to time as they accrue. D..
The sureties must sign the contract.
Each offer m,st be signed by the person persons
making 1t, and by the guarantOrs, according to the
form annexed; and their residence, naming the town
and State, must be distinctly stated. 80. r.
Persons whose offers shall be accepted will be
notified by letter through the post Office which no.
uce shall be considered sufficient; and if they do
not enter into contract for the supplies specified
within fifteen days from tho date of notice from this
bureau oil the acceptance of their bid, contract
viii be made with other person or persons and
the garantors of such defaultng bidder will be held
responsible for all delnquenries. ID.
All offers not made in strict conformity with this
advertisement will, at the option of the bureau be
rejected. Those only whose offers may be accepted
Will be notified, and contracts will be ready for ex-
ecutlon without delay by the navy agent at Wash
ington, d. G. =.
FORM OF OFFER. .e
To- the CHIEF Of the Bureau Of Yards a,ad Docks,
p. s.s.s a7e Nary Department
OF in the State of .,
hereby offer to furnish, under your advertisement
all the requirements of the same, all the articles en-
braced in class No. - viz:
(Here insert the articles, with prices carried Quit
amounting to write the aggregate in words.)
in the State Of l~' III and u
in the State of ,as guar
antovs, hereby undertake that the above named
Will, If offer be ac-
cered, enter into contract, before required with
the United States, within fifteen days after the date
of notice through the post Office of the acceptance
OF bid, as before mentioned. OF -aaf
raDo bssH za Gods rf-F 81 q, 80 t'lsna'ures'
F. certify that the above named -safi hEh =
and ...,..-.-.. are known to me 10
be good and responsible guarantors in this ease
Go be signed by navy agent, collector district
N attorney, or some other person known 70 the
bureau to be creditable.) 'i-l=iHl3i sTh VlI
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