The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-06-09
PROPOSALS FOR NAVAL SUP
PLIES.
NAVY

Bureau Of Construction, Equipment, &c,
-.o .-ra ~ May Is, 1858.
CEALED PROPOSALS to furnish naval
y supplies for the fiscal year ending 30th
June, 1859, will be received at this Bureau
until 3 o'clock, p. M, of the 18th June next
These proposals must be endorsed. "PRoPo-
SAILS FOR NASALS SUPPLIES, BUREAU OF CoNsrRUc-
TIoN, &C." that they may be distinguished
from other business letters.
Tn materials and articles embraced in the
classes named are particularly described in
printed schedules, any of which will be fur
! nished to such as desire to offer, on applica-
tion to the commandments of the respective
yards, or to the navy agent nearest thereto,
and those of oil the yards upon application
to this bureau. This division into classes be-
ing for the convenience of dealers in each,
such portions will be furnished as are actu-
ally required for bids. The commandant
and navy-agent of each station will have a
copy of the schedules of the other yards, for
examination only, from which it may be
Judged whether it will be desirable to make
application for them.
Offers must be made for the whole of a
class at any yard upon one of the printed
schedules, or in strict conformity Herewith,
or they will not be considered.
The contract will be awarded to the lowest
BONA FIDE bidder who gives proper security
for its fulflment. The United States reserves
the right to reject all the bids for any class, if
| deemed exorbitant.
All articles must be of the very best quail
tv, to be delivered in good order, and in suita-
Bile vessels and packages, as the case may be,
at the expense and risk of the contractor, and
in all respects subject to the inspection, mea-
surement, count, weight, DC, of the yard
where received, and to the entire satisfaction
of the commandant thereof.
Bidders are referred to the commandments of
the respective yards for samples. instructions,
or particular description of the articles; and.
| ali other things being equal, preference will
| be given to articles of American manufacture
Every offer, as required by the law of 10th
| August, 1S46, must be accompanied by n writ
ten guarantee, the form of which is herewith
given.
will be notified, and the contract will be for
warded assoon thereaftera as practicable, which
| they will be required to execute within ten
days after its receipt at the post office or M
Wy agency named by them.
Sureties in the full amount will be required
to sign the contract, and their responsibility
certified to by a United States district judge.
United States district attorney. collector or
navy agent. AS additional security, twenty
per centum will be withheld from the amount
of the bills until the contract shall have been
completed; and eighty per centum of each bill,
approved in triplicate by the commandments of
the respective yards, will be paid by the navy
agent at the points of delivery within thi;ty
days after its presentation to him.
1t is stipulated in the contract that, if default
be made by the parties of the first part in de-
liv,ring ali or any of the articles mentioned
in any class bid for in the contract, of the quail
ity and at the time and places above provided,
then, and in that case, the contractor and his
%sureties will forfeit and pay to the United
States a sum of money not exceeding twice the
amount of such class, which may be recovered
from time to time, according to the net of Con.
gress in that case provided, approved March
3, 1S43.
Glasses Nos. /. ., 4,6 I, to be delivered one
fourth part on or before the 18th May, one
fourth part on or before the Goth July, one
fourth part by the Goth September. and the re-
mainder by the LIST December. 1889. Glasses
3 and 9, the whole by the 18th May, 1859. -
The remaining classes to be delivered one
fourth part on or before the 1st September
next, one-fourth part on or before the 1st d.
cember next, one-fourth part on or before the
lst April, and the remainder on or before the
Goth June, 1853, unless earlier required with
q notice of twelve days. comprising at each
delivery a due proportion of each article
Glass 10 and all following, if additional guam
titles of any of the articles named therein are
demanded, they are to be furnished on like
terms and conditions previous to the exPira
ton of the fiscal year, upon receiving a notice
of fifteen days from the bureau, the comman
dant of the yard, or n~avy-agent.