Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-04-11

The quantities Of any or all may be increased or dmin-
shed the service may hereafter require The contracts
viii therefore be made not for SPECIFIC Quantities, bus for
such quantities the may require to be delivered
Ct those navy yards respectively.
COntactOrs not resIdng ct the places where deliveries
required must establish agencies at such places that
no delay may arise in furnishing what may be required
and when contractor fails prOl pity to comply win re-
QUESTION the Chef Of the Bureau Of Provisions and Clo
pg shall be authorized direct purchases to be made
supply the deficiency under the penalty to be express
ed in The CONTRACT the record OF requsitiOn or dup
cote copy thereof at the Bureau Of Provisions and Cloth
g at either of the navy yards Aforesaid shall be eY
dence that such sOn has been made and received
Separate offers mast be made for each orele al each
Of the aforesaid navy yards and in case than
srele is contained in the Offer the Chief Of the Bureau
will have the right to accept of the articles
contained in such Offer and reject thsremaindeT and bid
ders whose proposals accepted land Otnes will
be forthwith nOih fed and as early as practicable con-
will be transmitted to hem for execution which
tract must be returned to the bureau within days
elusive Of the time required for the regular Transmission
If the mail
Two approved surs!es in a 6qlal to the eg-
tmaed amOuutUf the respective contracts viii be required
and twenty per centum IN addition will be withheld from
the amount Of all payments secOunt thereof COlaer
al security in addition its performance and NOS
in any event to be paid until 1t is in all respects complied
With eighty per cenum Of the amount Of all deliveries
made viii be paid By the navy agent within thirty days
tfer bills, duly authenticated, shall have been presented
TO him.
Blank forms of proposals may be obtained on appliea-
ton to the navy agents at Portsmouth, NV Hampshire;
Boston, New York. Philadelphia, ltmOre Washington,
Norfolk, Pensacola, and at the bureau
record, duplicate Cf the letter informing q bidder
Of the acceptance Of his proposal will be deemed nof-
eaOn thereof within the meaning Of The act of 1885, and
his bid will b made and accepted IN conformity with this
understanding -'-.-
Every tfsr made must be accompanied as directed in
the act Of Congress making appropriations for The naval
service for 1854 approved 18th August Is45,l BY
written guarantee signed by one respOns per-
sons the effect that be they undertake that the bidder
or bidders WILL if his their b. sheepted enter into
gafIDu Thin with o ana
ties 10 furnish the supplies proposed The bureau viii
not be Obligated to consider any proposal unless accompa
MED By the guarantee quTsd By law the competency Il
the guarantees TO b. cerhei By navy agent district
Iorney, or collector Of the customs
Tie attention OF dders is called to the samples and
description Ct tiees rCquired. as, in the inpso for
reception Just but rigid comparison will b. made between
the articles offered and the ssmp and ntact receiving
more that fail below them; and their attention is par
teUlarJ directed to the JOINT ros0lat0n Of 9Th March,
1884 and TO the act If the 10Th August l546.