Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-04-21
Small Stores" Candles" &c.-ls56'57
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BvaRAu OF PRovIsIoNs AND CLorHINe,}

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NAVY DEPARTMENT, D
BvaRAu OF PhovIsIoNs AND CLofHINs,}
April IL, 1885. }
| pROPOSALs, sealed, and endorsed "ORer for
Small Stores" or 'tOner for Candles" or
| "Ofisr for Salt water Soap" or t'OYer for Mus
Ss viii received Il this bureau until so oelocf
nishing and delivering, 70, receiving twenty
| days lotics,) at the United States Nav Yards
| at Charlestown, Massachusttts; Brooklyn, New
York; and Gosport, Virginia, such quantities
osly Of the following articles (exceptne the sslt.
| water soap and the candles, Tor each Of which
separate proposaleand contracts will be made) az
may be required or ordered from the contractor by
the chief OF this bureau, or by the respective COM
handing ofacers Of the said Navy Yards during
| the fiscal year ending 30th June, 1887, viz:
| Boxes, shaving, India Backing, boxes Of
| rubber Combs coarse India rub
Brushes, scrubbing Combs, ane, India rubber
Brushes, shoe Grass for hats
Brushes, clothes Jack knives
Buttons, navy vest Razors in single cases
| Buttons, navy medium Razor straps, Ordway's
Buttons, navy coat Scissors
Buttons, dead-eys Spoons
Bseswax in i lib cakes, pure
Cotton, spools Of Nos. IL and &c. 200 var DIS each
cords, equal parts
Hand kerchiefs Gotten fast colors ~ by 30 inches
weight not less than OF each, texture 8 by 3
Needles, sewing, Nos. 1, 9, 3, and a, drill eyed,
Ribbon, hst best French black. 12 yards to tie
piece; width, u inch
Soap, shaving, in cakes; each cake not less than
Silk, sewing, blue black; wrapper no, to exceed
| 2cZ to the p und =
Thread, black and white, Marshall ). best quality
1ape, white linen, var in length, n inch wide
| Tape, black, twilled cotton, yards In length, n
| inch wide
| Thimbles $40 and g. 10 diameter.
| WHITE SALTWATER separate bids for
| 100 600 pounds.
| The soap must be man ufactured from cocoa nut
oil and be Of the best quality denomnatsd "white
saltwater SOAP" and be delivered on sixty days.
| notice, in good strong boxes Of about IS pounds
| each, and, after inspection, the boxes must be
| hooped at each end, at the expense Of the con-
tractor. The price to be uniform at all the yards.
CANpLKs-ssparaIs bid for SO. 900 pesads
The candles must be American manufactured,
| Of prime leaf lard stearine, six candles to the
pound, 8 LILO inches In length erelHsirs of tip,
six candles No. I, to weigh not less than IA oun-
ce< e7-100 melting point not to be less than 14O
| degrees Fahrenheit. The wick must be braided,
| and composed Of 70 cotton threads Of the best
q"say OF NO a he sooS to be
| Ing about 20 pounds each, and the box to be
marked with the contractors name and the weight
| OF the csndles.
MUSTARD SRRD, BLACK PEPPER, &c.
Separate bids for all that may be required fer
the use Of the navy, to be delivered at New York
Mustard seed, American brown
Pepper. black Malabar
Bottles, octagon, for mustard and pepper
Corks, for bottles.
All the foregoing articles must be Of the best
quality, and conformable in all respects to the
samples deposited Ut said navy yards and in this
bureau and subject to such inspection at the navy
hA RI faf NJ fhe I'M
may direct, the inspecting officer to be appointed
| by the Navy Department.
All the articles to be delivered free Of any Incl
dental expense to the government, In proper ves-
| sells or packages, and the price Of each article
must be the same at the respet tive places Of de.
| livery. Packages In which the above articles
| the name Of the contractor, and be sufficient to
insure their temporary safe Keeping.
The contractor must establish agencies at such
stations other than his residence, that no delay
may arise in furnishing what may be r, quired
and when the contractor or agent falls promptly
| to comply with a requisition, the Chief Of the
Bureau Of Provisions and Clothing shall be au-
thorized to direct purchases to be made to supply
the deficiency, unoer the penalty to be EXPIRE sed
In the contract; the record Of a requisition or
duplicate copy thereof, at the Bureau Of Provis-
ions and Clothing, OF at either of the navy-varcs
aforesaid shall be evidence that such requisi,ion
has been made and received.
Two or more approved sureties in sum
equal to the estimated amount Of the contracts
will be required, and twenty per centum in
addition will be withheld from the amount Of all
payments on account thereof collateral security
In addition, to secure Its performance, and not in
any event to be paid untilt is in all respects COM
piled with; eighty per centum Of the amount of
all deliveries will be paid by the navy agent with
In thirty DAYS after bills duly authenticated, shall
have been presented to him
Blank forms Of proposals may be obtained on
application to the navy agents at Portsmouth,
New Hampshire Boston, New York, Philadel-
phia, Baltimore, Norfolk, Pensacola, and at this
bureau.
record, or duplicate Ct the letters informing a
bidder OF tas acceptance Of his proposal, will be
dee ed a notification thereof within the meaning
OF the act Of 1S46, and his bid LII be made and ac
cepted in conformity with this understanding
Every offer made must be accom- panied las d.
rectsd In the act Of Congress making appropria-
lions for the naval service for 1s46-47, approved
10th August, 1s46) by written guarantee, signed
| by one or more responsible persons, to the effect
that he or they undo ake that the bidder bidders
will II his or their bid be accepted enter into an
obligation within ten days, with good and sufs.
Client suretiss, to furnish the supplies proposed
The bureau Will not be obligated TO consider any
proposal unless accompanied by the guarantee
required by law; the competency Of the guaran-
tee TO be certified by the navy agent distric. at
torney, or collector Of the port
The attention of bidders is called to the sam
pies and description of articles required as, in
the inspection before reception, just but rigid
comparison tciH be made bsttcsen the articles
oDered and tbs samples and contract, recsiring
none that fall belop them; and their attention
Is also particularly directed to the JOINT resolx-
tton OF eth March, 1864, and to the act of the
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