Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-04-02
To be offered for

The quantities vi any or all may be increased or
mlnsned a. the service may hst after require. he
contacts viii there ore b, nadc, not Tor 9, &c fic
antues, but for such iantiues the ST. vice us
require 70 be deiiversI those navy yards respe.-
lively
Contractors not residing at the places where de-
liveres are required must establish agencies at such
places, that NJ delay may arise in Iurni hing what
may bt required; and when contra ,tOr fails
promptly TO comp with a requision the Chief of
the Bureau of rrOvnion. aud Clothing shalI be au
thOrized TO direct purchases to be msde to supply
the deficiency, under the pens lily be expressed in
the coLtracG the record Of reQusit on, dupli.
cate c. py thereof at the Bur OF Provisions and
Clothing, or at either Of the Navy Yards aforesaid
shall be evidence that such IeQuisitI0n has b. n
made and received.
separate offers must b. made for each article at
each of the aforesaid Navy Yards; and In cas NOE
tnan one article Is tanned in the Offer the Chief
o. The Burean will have the right TO accept ooe or
IN re OF the articles contained in such ofTer and
Ject the re ainder aud bidders whose propO- ais are
accepted (and others) will be forthwith Motif ed
and as carly As practicable cont i will be trans
mited to TN, IN tor execution, viii IN contract must
be returned to The Bare au within ten ddys, excu-
svs Of the ms required Tor the regular tran
of the mail.
Two or more apr roved suretes in a sum equal to
the estimated amount Of the respective Contracts
VIII DC required, and twenty per &c ntum in saditO
will be Withheld from the amount OF all paymeI Is on
account thereof As collateral security, addition
to secure performances, and not la any event to
be paid until IL is In all respects complied with;
n ade will be laid by the navy agent within thirty
days after bills, duly lated, shsn have been
pre- -ented To m.
Bla k 70 ms of propos ais may be OBJ aimed on an.
pli' a'ion to the navy agents al Port mouts New
ii mpshire Boston. New York, Phil a .eIphis, Ba :
| timore. Washington, Norfolk, Pensacola, ana al
{ his bureau.
A re- ord, or duplicate Of The letter inf inning a
tldder u The acceptance of Il proposal, will be
deemed n tin cation thereof within the meaning OF
the at of 1916, and his bid will b, m de and ac-
| ceptcd In conformity with this under- landing.
Every offer male must be accompanied las si.
rected in he act Of Congress making Apr pralions
for The nav service for 1886 AT, approved 10 h
August, le46O by q written guarantee fyned by
one Responsible prr.ons 10 tn. effect Il al he
or they undertake that the bidder or bidders wIl
his or I,er bid be ceped enter into an obIig aon
within fvo days With good aad sufficient sufeties.
| q fu 'nish he supplies proposed The bureau will
not be Oh ig ited TO consider any propo al unless &C.
conn by tie "a: antee isqairea BY law the
competency of the guarantee TO be certified by the
navy agent, district attorney, or collector of the
Gu stOms
The attention Of bidders is called to the samp es
and descriptions Of d,ti les required as IN the insrec
t!on tor reception, Just but rigid CON parson u6 be
made tefpeen the ictes oTei and he sample and
contra {, receiving none that ia Jeiow tasa; and
fhetr att nton Iiso particular direct to the Joint
'ssoAaiom Of 27h Aurea 1884, and to the act of i"th
.1as~st, 1880. .--...., mar lS-iaw4wt