Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-04-20
To be offered for.

The quantities Of any or all may be increased or dmn.
shed the service may hereafter require The contracts
viii therefore be made not for specific Quantities but
such quantities the may require be deliver
/ Ct those navy yards respectively.
Contractors not residing at the places where deliveries
are required must establish agencies al such places that
no delay may arise in furnishing what may be required
and when contractor fails pro pity 70 comply re-
QUESTION the Chef Of the Bureau Of Provisions and Clio.
ming shall be authorized direct purchases to be made
70 supply the deficiency under the penalty to be express
ed IN the contFac; the record Of requsOn, dupli.
cote copy thereof at the Bureau OF Provisions and Cloth
ing or ct either OF the navy yards aforesaid shall be evil
denoe that such requtiOn las been made and received
Separate offers must be made for each Ortice each
Of the aforesaid navy YARDS and in case than one
article contained in the offer, the Chief of the Bureau
Will have the right to accept Of the articles
contained in such offer, and reject heremande and bid.
ders whose proposals are accepted land none otneTs will
be forthwith nOuhed, and early practicable
will be transmitted them for execution which con.
tract must be returned to the bureau within days
elusive of the time required for the regular transmission
# the mail
Two approved sursties in sum equal to the
mated Of the respective contracts viii be required
and twenty per centum in addition will be withheld from
the smOuntof all payments on account thereof as cOaer
al security, in addition to its performance and not
in any event to be paid until 1t is in ell respects complied
With; eighty per oentum Of the amount Of all deliveries
made will be paid BY the navy agent within thirty days
after bills duly authenticated, shall have been presented
TO him.
Blank forms Of proposals may be obtained sppliea-
ton to the navy agents at Portsmouth, NV Hampshire;
Boston, New York Phiadelphia, BiltmOrs Washington
Norfolk, Pensacola, and at toe bureau.
record, duplicate Of the letter informing bidder
Of the acceptance Of his proposal will be deemed noh6-
cation thereof With the meaning Of the act OF 1885,
his bid will bs made and accepted conformity with this
understanding.
Every cfsr made must Be accompanied rs directed in
the act OF Congress making appropriations for lie naval
service for l646-47. approved lvth August s. by
written guarantee signed by more respOus JsT
sons 70 the effect thai be they undertake that the
or bidders will If his their bid BE- sheep ed enter IutO
obligation WiAin i've days with good and sufficient sure
ties 10 furnish the supplies proposed The bureau will
The guarantee to b. certified By the navy agent district s
torney or collector of the customs
The attention OF bidders is called to the samples and
description Of articles required. as in the inspection for
reception, Just but rigid comparison will b between
the articles offered and the samples and contract receiving
that fail below them; and their attention s also par
tieuIary directed to the JOINT resolution Of 9th March,
1854, and TO the act q the 10th August 1916.
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