Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-06-12
PROPOSALS FOB NAVAL SUPPLIES
NAVY DEPARTMENT.,
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION, EovIrIENr, &c e,
Nav Is 12h5

SEALED PROPOSALS to furnish Naval Puppies
- for the fiscal year ending 3Oth June. 1885, viii
be received a, this bureau until O'Clock D. M, Of
the 18th DAY of June next Tbese proposal. must be
endorsed sProposals for Naval Supplies, Bureau
| of Construction, &c ;" that they NAV be distin-
guishad from other business letters.
Tie m ,terias and articles embraced In the classes
Il named are particularly described in mint al
ses -dules, any Of which will be furnished TO such
a5 desire to Oer on application to the comm sndaut
i OF the resrective navy yards 20 the navy scent
nearest thereto, and those Of all the yards upon ap-
pication to this bureau. The con1usndant AMI
navy agent Of each station viii have copy OF the
schedules of the other yards for examination only,
from which 1t may b. in ged whether it viii be de-
| sirsoi. to make applies ion for them.
Offers must be Iusds for the whole o. each C ass
az any ysri upon one of the printed schedules, or
in strict conformity herewith, or they will net be
| considered.
All articles must BE- Of the very best quality con-
fjrmable to sample size &c to 10 delivered in coed
arder ard il suitable vessels and packages as the
case may be, a. ths expense AID risk Of the coDtac
tor, and In al respects subject TO the inpe tion,
| measurement count, vei.ht &C Of the yard where
received and 70 the enti:e satisfaction Of the Gem
l Mandart thereof
Bidders referred to tt. yards for samples snd
particular description of the articles; aud. all other
thingS being equal, preference will be given to ar
| tlcles OF Anne icsn manufacture.
Every offer, as Nquird by the law Of 10th
| August, ls46. must De accompanied by writ
| ten guarantee, the forms of which ar. herewith
l given.
Those only whose offers may re- accepted will be
/ nohfei and the contrac. T'ill be forwarded As
| soon thereafter a3 practicable, which they will
| be required to execute within ten days after its
receipt at the pest oflice OF navy agency named by
| them.
l SuretisS in the full amount will be required to
sign th.contract aud their responsibility certified
70 by United States district judge, United States
district sttorney, collector or navy agent AS sdii
uonal security. twenty per csntua will he withheld
from the am unit OF the ills until he c2nIract shal
have been completed, and eighty per oentum of each
i bill approved In tTiplicate 10y the conmsndant
l Of the respective yards will bs paid ny the navy
sgent within thirty dsys after Its present tion to
Il him.
1t is stipulated in he contract tnat If default he
male by the Iarties OF the fist part IN delivering ell
or any Of the articles mentioned, OF the quality and
1t the time and places provided, then, and in that
case the ccnractorsan0 sureties will forfeit snd pay
to the United Stat as liquiiatsd damages GSm of
| MONEY equal ID twice the amount o. he contract
prices therein agreed open the price t. be aid
case of the :tual delivery thereof which liIui-
| dated damages may BE- ov-red OF retained fr, IN
time to time as Trey accrue from the said parties CT
4 The first par. or either of THIN.
Glasses No. i, g. 4, o, @, TO be delivered Gre
fourth part before the 18th ,Iay, OBC.iOurth
part by tie 20 h July, fourth by the Goth Sep
1 ien6er. and the remainder by the lEs December,
/ 1856 cjaSs No. 3-the whole By the 18Th My,
/ 1853 Class No. S-the Which, by the Goth July
! 1856 The remaining classes - be devsred-Cn.-
fourth part before the I:- september next, enc
furtn part en- or before tae LIST December 1t,
fo1rh part Oh or before the lst April 1856, and .ls
remajuIer Oh or before The .0;h June. 1856, coz
prising at each delivery due proportion each
,icle. Class No. 9 snd ali following addition al
quantities Of all articles nsmei the-ein mus be
| delivered like terms AMI Conditions during
| The fiscal year, up3a receiving notice CT III
| teen days from the bureau CT cUmmsndant Of line
| yard.
As the law requires tn, prepayment of postars,
persons desiring th5 mmandsnt OF the va, or TIE
navy agent 10 send them by mgl schedules Of such
classes as they dssice, should encl1so their april
cation postage stamps TO iDBuro their trent missi H.
but appliea.ons to the bureau f)- such scAe5ul es
will not require prepayment.