The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-06-16
PROPOSALS EOIk NAVAL SUP
PLIES,
NAVY DEPARTMENT,

NAVY
May Is, 1858.
CEALED PROPOSALS to furnish naval
~ supplies for the fiscal. year ending 30th
June, 1859, will be received at this Bureau
until 8 o'clock, p. M, Of the 10th June next
These roposals must be endorsed. "PRoPo-
SAILS FOR NANALS SUPPLIES, BUREAU OF CoNsTRUC-
TIoN. &C." that they may be distinguished
from other business letters.
+. The 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 app1ica-
ton to the commandants of the respective
yards, or to the navy agent nearest thereto,
and those of all the yards upon application
to this bureau. This division into Glasses be
ing for the convenience of dealers in each.
such portions will be furnished as are actu-
ally required for bids. The commandant
and nnvy-agent of each station will have a
copy of the schedules of the other yards, fol
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 i'll 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 reserve
the right to reject all the bids for any class, if
deemed eXorbitant. -.rE
All articles must be of the very best quail
ty, to be delivered in good order, and in suita-
bic 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 commandment thereof.
Bidders are referred to the commandments of
the respective yards for samples. instructions,
or particular description of the articles; and.
II 81 bar thipoS hpInp anu1l nrpfarnOca will
be given to articles of American manufacture
Every offer, as required by the law of 10th
August, 1916, mustb be accompanied by a writ
ten guar antee, the form of which is herewith
given
will be notified, and the contract will be for
swarded assoon tbereaftera as practicable, which
they will be required to execute within ten
DAYS after its receipt at the post office or ma
w agency named by them.
Sureties in the full amount will be required
to sign the contract, and their responsibility
certified to by q United States district Judge.
United States district attorney, collector OF
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 commandants 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 dc.
liv>ring all 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 hi,
s~ureties wAlaforfeit and pay to the United
States a sum of money not exceeding twice tn
amount of such class, which may berccovereC
from time to time, according to the act of Con
gross in that case provided, approved Marcl
3, IS43.
Glasses Nos. 1 9, 4,6. Ito be delivered one
fourth part on or before the 18th May, one
fourth part on or. before the Goth July, ono
fourth part by the Goth September, and the re
naindcr by the LIST December. 1859. Classe
3 and 9,Lhe whole by the 18th May, 1859. :
The remaining classes to be delivered one
fourth part on or before the lst Septembe
next, one-fourth part on or before the Ist De
cember next, one-fourth part on or before tn
list April, and the remainder on or before tn
Both June, 1859, unless earlier required wit
a notice of twelve days, comprising at eacI
delivery a due proportion of each article
4 Glass 10 and all following. if additional guam
| titles of any of the articles named therein ar
demanded, they are to be furnished on Xix
terms and conditions previous 10 the eXpira
ton of the fiscal year, upon receiving Il motto
of fifteen days from the bureau, tie cOmman
dant of the yard, OF n~avy-agent.