Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-06-04
PROPOSALS FOR NAVAL SUPPLIES.
NAVY DEPARTMENT., +,
BuREAU OF CoSsfRucr1oS. ForIpNErr, he !


Bun.Au OF CONSTRUCTION. FosIpNErr, &c
-. OF. May 10 1856.
SEALED PROPOSALS TO furnish Naval ruppYes
y for the fiscal year ending 3Oth June 1883, will
De ieeeiTsd q: this bureau until O'Clock p. M. Of
tne Ioto DAY OF June next. The7e proposa ust be
endorsed Proposals for Naval Supplies, bureau
OF Construction, a." that they may be distin.
gulsh.d from OF her business letters. .- 3D..
The .teriss and articles embraced in the classes
named are particularly described in pristsi
schedules, any Of witch will De furnished TO such
az dssire TO ofer app cation to the comm sndsne
OF tns res7ectivs navy yards or TO ths navy agent
nearest thereto and those of sill the yards upon ap
p icsaon to this bureau. The commandant AMI
navy esent Of each staten viii have COPY Of the
schedules OF the other yards for examination only,
from which it may be ja ged whether it will be de-
sirh1ls TO make spplica lon for them.
Offers must bs mads for the whole o. each sas
at aoy ysrl upon one Of the priptsi hedules, or
In ftrcs conformity herewith, or they will not be
considered -
S'rmable t, sampl size &c to lie delivered In CORD
oroer a2d Ia suitable vesssis aud par kages az the
ca e mar he, n tbs ard risk OF tho cout-ac
tor ana In all respects subject 20 ths inspe :tiep,
neasuremeht, count weight, 20. of the yard " Eers
receiysd snd to the enti,e sl,isfscion OF tae c:m
nanda5t thereof
Elders referred - th. yards for samples, End
particular description of the articles; and all ohsr
tDl1gs being equal, preference will Us given to az.
ticles OF Anne icsn manufsc ure.
Every cfer, as requir,d by tho Law of 10Th
Angus. ls46, mist Ue accompanied by & writ
ten guarantee, the ferns of which ars herewith
given.
These only whose cffsrs may De sccepted will be
notItei, AMI the contract Tiil be forwarded "a
soen thereafter as practicable, which they wiz
es required to execute within ten days after its
ri'eipt q: the post ohice or navy egency named By
them.
sursties in the full amour; will be required to
sign tbs contract and their responsibility certified
20 by United states district judge United States
iS4 rftQTDpy pei Az.
nal security, twenty per c-nsuul will Re withheld
f. m the rnt ofths ills until ha con racs shall
have been completed. and eigh per centum of eych
b,l approved in triple ate by the comma ndant
Of the respectvs yards will b. paid " the navy
agent within thirty days after its presentation to
him.
1t is Stipulated in the contract that IL default be
ma Re by he PARTIES o(the -st part delivering ell
or any of the articles mentioned, Of the quality md
st The time and places provided, thcn, and I'm tina.
case the &C nrscters eurees will forfeit ard pay
to the United STAT s as POPULATED damsges-a sum of
mon-y equal t. twice the amount on the contract
prices therein agreed ppon the price to be aid
in case OF the actual delivery thereof whch liqui.
dated damages may be ov red OF r tanned FRI m
time to time as they accrue rom the said parties Of
the first part or either Of them.
Cls sses No. i, 2, f. 8, g. z, to be delivered one
fourth pert or before the 18th MAY, ore-fourth
part by the 20 July, one fourth ty the Goth SEP
TENDER, and the remainder by the lst December
1856. Gas No. 3-the whole by the 18th nj v
1855 Glass No. the whole by the 10th July
1855 The remain ny classes to be deliv red n
lourth part before the1 Is September next one-
f.urth part or b fore tee lst ID 'cember n-xt one
fourth part before The LIST April 1885, and The
remainder on or before tie 10Th June, 1856, com.
prising ct each delivery drs proportion each ar.
iele. Glass No end ali following additional
quantities Of all articles naDei therein must be
delivered on Ike terms and cGpditions during
the fiscal year, up7n receiving a Notice ef fl
teen days from the bureau CT commandant Of the
y.rd.
As the lew requires the prepayment Of hostage,
persons desiring the MN .ndanI OF the va or the
navy agent to fend them BY mail schedules Of such
classes they DEERE should snclse In their Ippli
cation postage stamps rsura their ira missic n
but applications 20 the bureau f.: sach schedules
will not require prepayment.