The Portland daily press., 1864-03-14
PRorosALs FOR MATERIALS FOR THE
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU OF STEAM ENGISRRRIxG,


SEALED PROPOSALS to furnish materials for
will be received at the Bureau of Steam engineering
until 10 O'Clock of the 2lst day of March next at
which time the opening will be commenced.
proposals must be endorsed g Proposals for Mate
riais Tor the Navy, that they may be distinguished
from other business letters. and directed TO the
Chief OF the Bureau of Steam Engineering.
The materials and articles embraced in the classes
named are particularly described in the printed
schedules; any of which win be furnished to such as
desirei 10 oner, on application to the commandants
OF the respective yards or TO the navy agent
thereto and those of all the yards upon ON
TO the Bureau This division into classes beng forthe
convenience OF the dealers in each such classes only
will be furnished as are actually required for bids
The commsndant and navy agent for each station
WILL in addition to tho schedule of classes of their
own yards have q copy OF the schedules of the
other yards for examina alton only from which NAV
be judged whether 1t will be desirable to make ap-
plleation Tor any of the classes of those yards All
other things being equal preference will be given
to articles of American manufacture.
Offers must be made for the whole of the class at
any yard upon one of the printed schedules, or in
strict conformity herewith they will not be con-
sidered.
Upon paplIcation TO the Bureau, to the Command.
ant of any yard, or to any Navy Agent, the form
Of offer, of guaranty, snd other necessary informa
tion respecting the proposals will be furnished
The contract viii De awarded TO the lowest bidder
VINO gives proper guaraofies a. required by the law
Of 10th August, l846 the Navy Department resery-
Ing the right to reject the lowest bid, if deemed
orbitant.
The contracts will bear date the day the notiacs.
tion is given, and deliveries can ba demanded.
Sureties in the full amount will be required to
sign the contract, aud their responsibility certified
TO by United States district judge United States
district attorney, collector, or navy agent As ad-
aiuonal securities. twenty per centum will be with.
held from the amount of the bills until the contract
shall have been completed, and eighty per centum
OF each bill, approved in trplcate by the CON-
mandants Of the respective yards. will be paid by
the navy agents at the points of delivery in funds
certificates, at the option of the oyernment within
ten day after the warrant for the same shall have
been parsed by the Secretary Of the Treasury.
Ihe following are the classes required at the re-
spectiye nsvy-yards
KITTERY. MAINE.
Class Nc. !, Boiler Iron, &C. No s. Metallic Oil
No, 10 Engineer Stores; No. Is, Tubing. &c; No.
CHARLESTowN.
Class No. !. Boiler Iron and Rvets; No. q Pig.
Iron; No. 4, Gum Packing, Rubber Hose &e No.
No. 7. Lard Oil; No. 8, Tallow and Soap; No. To-
Engineers Stores; No. H. Engineers Tools No.
IL Engineers' instruments; No. 10, Steel No. II,
Tin and Lead; No. 90, White Lead; No 81 Zinc
Paint; No. %, Colored Paints, Dryers No. 49,
Stationery.
BROOKLYN.
No. /, Boiler Iron; No. 8, Boiler Feltng; No 4.
Gum Packing. Rubber Hose, SC. No 8, Lubrica-
ting Oils; No. 6. Llnseed Oil, Turpentne, and Alec.
hol; Mo-, Lard Oil; No. 8, falow and Soap; No,
~ Engineers Stores; No. IL. Engineers Tools No
rlpss, valves, &c; No. 16, Steel; No. IL, Iron
N Nais Boits and Nuts, &c No. IS, Copper; No. 10,
I'M Zine, &C.; No. 20, White Lead; No %, Colored
Pants. a Dsyersi No % Stationery No. 25 Hickory
an and Ash Plank and Butts; No. 26, white Pine No.
29 Lanterns; No. 80, Lingnumvitae
PHILADELPHIA
Class No. !, Boiler Iron, &c No g. Boiler Feltin .
No. a. Gum Packing, Rubber Hose, sc; No.
Sperm Oil; No. 8. Linseed Oil and Turpentine. No
Z, Lard Oil; No. 9, Talow and Soap; No. 10. fngi.
neers Stores; No. II, Engineers' Tools; No. f2.
Engineers instruments; No. IA, Wrought-Iron
Pipe, Valves &c; No. l6 Steel; No. IL. Iron Nails,
Bolts and Nuts; No. Is, Copper; No. 49, Tin, &c (;
No. 20, White Lead; No. q. Zinc Paint; No. 90
Colored Paints and Dryers; No. 90, Stationery.
WASHINGTON.
Class No. ], Boiler Iron, &C.; No. IL, Bolts
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