The national Republican., 1861-04-17

The quantities of any or all may be increased
or diminished as the service may hereafter re-
quire. The contracts will therefore be made, not
for specific quantities, but for such quantities as
the service may require to be delivered at those
navy yards, respectively
Contractors not residing at the places where
deliveries are required must establish agencies at
such places, thai no delay may arise in furnish
ing what may be required; and when contrac-
tor fails promptly to comply with q requisition,
the Chief of the Bureau of Provisions and Cloth
ing shall be author. zed to direct purchas 8 to be
made to supply the deficiency, under the penalty
to be expressed in the contract: the record of a
requisition, Or u duplicate copy thereof, at tho
Bureau Of Provision, and Clothing, or at either
Of the navy yards aforesaid, shall be evidence
that such requistion has been made and re-
ceived.
Separate offers must be made for each article
at each Of the afore said navy yards and in case
more than one article Is contained in the Offer
the Chief of the Bureau will have the right to ac-
cept one or more Of the articles contained in
such offer, aad reject the remainder; and bid
ders whose proposals are accepted land none
others will be forth with no lied, and as ca " as
practicable contract will be trans itted to
them for execution, which contract must be
returned to the bureau within five days, exclu-
sive of the time required for the regular trans
mission OF the mail. nr-1
Two or more approved sureties in sum equal
to the estimated amount Of the respective con-
tracts will be required, and twenty per centum
in addition will be withheld from the amount of
all ayments on account thereof as collateral se-
curity, In addition, to secure its performance and
not In any event to be paid until II is in all re-
spects complied with; eighty per centum 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 on
application to the navy agents at Portsmou b,
hew Hampshire; Boston, New York, Philadel-
phia, Baltimore, Norfolk, aud at this bureau.
record, or duplicate OF the letter informing
a bidder OF the acceptance of his proposal, will
be deemed notification thereof within the
meaning OF the act Of ls46, and his bid W II be
made and accepted in conformity with this un-
Outstanding.
Every offer made must be accompanied las di-
rected in the act OF Co gress making appropria-
tons for the naval service tor lS46-'47, approved
10Th OF August, ls4G) by written guarantee,
signed by one or more responsible persons, TO the
effect that he or they undertake that the bidder
or bidders will If his or their bid be accepted.
enter into an obligation within five days, with
good and sufficient sureties, to furnish the SUP,
plies proposed. The bureau will not be obligated
TO consider any proposal unless accompanied by
the guarantee required by law; the competency
OF the guarantee to be certified by the navy agent,
district attorney, or collector Of the customs.
1he attention Of bidders is called to The sample,
ana description Of articles required as in the inspec-
t'on for ,ecpton, a just but rigid comparison apW
Dc made between The articles offered and the sample
and contract, receiving none that fall BELOW them;
and their attention is also particularly directed 10
me JOINT resolution Of 27M March, 1884 and TO the
act Of he l0M August, 1876.
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