Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-07-10
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PROPOSALS FOR MATERIALS FOR
l. THE NAVY.

NAVY DEPARrNEST,)
BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT AND RECRUITING,
June 20, 1865.
Sealed proposals to furnish materials for The
navy for the fiscal year ending 30th June 1866,
will be received at the Bureau Of Equipment and
Recruiting until tho 18th day Of July next, at
10 o'clock, q. M, when bids will be opened,
without regard to any accidental detention Of
mails or other causes.
The materials and articles embraced in the
classes named are particularly described In the
printed schedules, any of which will be furnished
to suchas desire TO offer, on application to
the commandments Of the respective yards, or
to the navy agent nearest thereto, aud
those OF all the yards upon application to the
Bureau. This division into classes being for tho
convenience Of dealers In each, such portions
only will he furnished rs arc actually required
for bids. Tue cOmmandant and navy agent OF
each station will, In addition to the schedule OF
classes ut their own yards, have Il copy Of the
schedules of the other yards for examinatiO ,
only, from which 1t may be judged whether
will DO desirable to make application for any Of
the classes Of those yards.
II Is requested OF bidders to avoid erasures and
substitution of figures aud to see that the amounts
are correctly carried ont.
Tue contracts will be awarded to the lowest
bona yfde bidder who gives proper security for
Its fulhllmcnt The bureau reserves the right to
reject all the bids for any class, If deemed cxor-
btant.
Bidders arc referred to the commandants o
the respective yards for samples instructions, or
blank forms OF offer and guaranty.
Every offer, as required by law Of 10th August,
1916, must be accompanied by written guF ran :
ty, the form OF which is hereinafter given, and
also by certificate signed by the Collector OF
Internal Revenue fer the district in which he re-
sides, that he has license to deal In the articles
which he proposes to furnish or by an affidavit
signed by himself and sworn to before some mag
istrate authorized TO administer such oath, that
he Is a manufacturer OF, or regular dealer in the
articles he offers 20 supply and has license as
such manufacturer or dealer.
Sureties in the fu't amount will DO required to
sign the contract, and their responsibility cetti-
fed to by u United States district Judge, United
States district attorney, collector, navy agent.
As additional security, twenty per centun will
be withheld from the amount of the bills until
the contract shalt have been completed. aud
eighty par centum Of each bill, approved In
triplcate by the commaudant Of the respective
yards, will be paid by the navy agent At tho
points OF delivery-unless requested by the con
tracoI to be paid by another navy Agency-wthin
ten days after warrants shall have been passed
by tho Secretary Of the Treasury.
1t Is stipul lated In the contract that If default
be made by the parties Of the first part in deliv
ering all or any OF the articles mentioned In any
class bid for In the contract, or the quality at
such time and places above provided, then and
in that ease tho contractor and his sureties will
forfeit and pay to the United States sum of
money not exceeding twice the amount of such
class, which may be recovered from time to
time, according to the act Of Congress in that
case provided, approved March 8, 1916.
No bids for moIo than one yard must be on
closed in one envelope aud the same must be dts
tinctly endorsed GU tho outside, proposals for
(nRmo the yardOh and addressed "To tho Chief
Of tho Bureau Of Equipment and Recruiting
Navy Department, Washington, d. O.
The olassses Of this Bureau are numbered and