Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-05-06
s'SMALL STORES.0 "CANDLES,, &C.
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NAVY DEPARTMENT,
Bureau Of Provisions and Clothing.
april -, 1858.
PROPOSALS, sealed and endorsed "Offsr for small
i Stores or Offer for Candles" or "Ufer for Salt
water Soap" "Ufr for Mustard Seed Black Pepper"
g. Is the may be- will be received at this bureau
nj O'Clock on the 18Th day OF May next, for fur
nlSEing and delivering ION receiving twenty days notice.
st the United States nsvyyards ct CnarestOwD ssachu
sets; Brook W. New YOrk; aud Gosport Virginia. such
quantities only of the following articles eIcepung the salt
soap and the candles for each Of which separate
proposals and contrasts will be made NAV be required
or ordered from tie contractor by the che Of the bureau
by the respective comm lndng GERS Of the said navy
yards during the fiscal year ending Both june 1855 viz
Boxes shaving India ru0berCOnbs cOarse India rubber
Brushes shaving Cuta percha
Ushes, scrUboIng Combs tine, India rubber or
Brushes, shoe gUa percha
Brushes, clothes Grass fIr hats
ButtOnS navy vest Jack-kniyes,
Buttons, navy medium btE)rs, in single cases
Buttons, navy coat T. straps, OrdWays
Buttons, dead eye ) aOrs,
Bes5wax, in I 10 cakes, pure Spoons,
Backing, boxes Of
Cotton spOos Of Nos Il aud 49, 800 yards EACH Cords
equal parts,
Handkerchies cotton fast colors 80 BY 80 inches weight
not less than q. each, texture by to a inch.
Needles, sowing, Nos 2, and g. drll-eyed, betWeens
Ribbon hat best French black y yards The piece width
y inch.
Soap, shaving in cakes; each cake not less than c.
Silk sewing bueblack wrapper not toeEceed OF to the
pound.
such proportion as may be required.
Tape, white linen, yards in length = inch wide.
TaEe black, tWlled cotton YARDS IA length q neh wide
Thmbles, S-l0 and g-lO diane or.
WmrE sALT WATER soAP-ssparate bid for 100 900 lbs
The soap be manufactured from c)coa-Iut OIL and
be OF the qst quality den5mll ed white salt waller soap
and be delivered sixty days notice, god strong
boxes IS pounds each aud after iDspe,ton the
boxes be hooped each end the expense OF the
contractor. The price to b. uniform at all the yards
CAYDLEs-ssparate bid for So 900 pounis.
TIE candles must be 'siIes Of prime elf lard searne
no inches in length exclusive OF TIP, candles
weigh not less than "A ounces 5OIOO nor nan Is
ounces and be paid FIR according 10 the actual weight
without reference COmmeTc al usage the melting point
not TO be less than l4O deUees in Fahrenheit The
must be braided and composed of rs cotton threads OF the
best quality Of No. y yarn The capdles 10 be delivered
sixty Gays notice, IN good beTes containing about 80
pounds each and tn box be marked with the coatras
Tors name and the weight Of the candles.
MUSTARD sEED. BLACK PEPPER, DC
Separate bids for all that may BE- required for the Of
the navy, TO b. delivered at New lOrk only:
Mustard seed, American, brown
Pepper, bsCk, MaGblr
Botiles, ostagOn, for mustard and pepper,
Corks, for bottles.
All the foregoing articles must be Of the best qua lily
aud C0nOrmaUe IN ali respects to the samples deposited at
said navyTards and in this bureau and subject such
inspection 81 tie maynard where delivered The chief Of
ed By the Navy Department
All the articles to be delivered free of any incidental
pense to the government IN proper vessels or packages
and the price Of each article be the at the
peCtve places Of delivery Packages IN which the above
articles delivered must be marked with their contents
and the name If the CONTRACTOR and be sufficient to insure
their temporary sais-ke5png.
The colrracJor must esta5 sh agencies such stations
other than his residence hstuO delay may arise IN fur
nshing what may be reg ed; and when the contractor or
agent falls TO comply with TequsluOn the Chief OF the
Bureau OF Provision and Cloth ug shall be authorized to
direct purchases be made supply the deficiency under
the penalty TO be expressed the cyntac the record Of
requstiOn duplicate copy thereof at The Bureau OF
Provisions and Clothing, at either OF the na-yyard5
Aforesaid shall De evidence that such requSOn has been
made and received,
Two or more approved sursues in sum equal to the
tmatsd amount the contract will be required and tWen
" per centum IN addition Wiz Be withheld the amount
Of all payments account thereof collateral security
to performance and not in any event TO be pa1
until ii is in Ill respects complied with, eighty per centum
OF the amount Of all deliveries made viii be paid BY the
navy agent within thirty days after bills duly authenuca
ted, sha u have been presented to him.
Blank forms of proposals may be obtained on appcs-
ton the navy agents Portsmouth, new Hampshire;
Boston New ork, Phadelphia BIltmOre Norfolk, Pen
saCOa, and q. this bureau.
record or duplicate OF the letter iuormiuga bidder
Of The acceptance Of ms proposal vii be deemed uou
cation thereof Within the meaning Of the act Of 1885, aud
bis bill wall be made and accepted IN conformity with this
understanding.
Every offer made must b accompanied las directed in
the actOi Congress making appropriations Tor The naval
service ioE $780, A. approved lUtu august 1871 "
written guarantee signed by more re ponslble per-
sons TO the effect that be they undertake that tie bid
der bidders will if his their bill b. accepted, enter
into an obligation within days with good and sufficient
sureues tourns the supplies proposed The bureau will
not be obligated to consider any proposal unless Gccomps
MED by the guarantee required by law the competency Of
the guarantee TO be certified BY navy agent district at
orney, or The col ectOr Of the port
The aten Of bidders called to the samples and de-
scupuons Of articles required in the inspection befrs
reception, just but right comparison viii be made be.
receiving none that fall below them and their attention is
also particularly DIRECTED to the JOINT resolution of 9Th
Of March, 1854 and 10 tho act Of the 10th August 1916
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