Daily national Republican., 1865-07-05
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DRoPosALs FOR MATERIALS FOR
i - THE NAVY . q Il
NAVY DEPARTMENT, !

NAVY fDRPARrMENT,l
BUREAU or EQUIPMENT AND REcRrIrINa,
l. " June %, 1865.
Sealed proposals 10 furnish materials for the
navy for the hscal year ending 30th June, 1865,
Recruiting until the 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.
classes named are particularly described in the
printed schedules, any Of which will be furnished
10 suchas desire to offer, on application to
tho eommandants Of the respective yards, or
those Of all the yards upon application to the
Bureau. This division Into classes being for the
convenience Of dealers In each, such portions
only will be furnished as are actually required
for bids. The commandant and navy agent Of
each station will, In addition to the schedule OF
classes at their own yards, have . copy Of the
schedules OF the other yards for examination
only, from which It may be judged whether II
will be desirable to make application for any Of
the classes Of those yards.
II is requested OF bidders to avoid erasures and
substitution OF ngures and to that the amounts
are correctly carried out.
The contracts will be awarded to the lowest
bona fis bidder who gives proper security for
Its fulhllmont. The bureau reserves the right to
reject all the bids for any class, II deemed exor-
bltant.
bidders are referred to the commandants Of
the respective yards for samples instructions, or
particular description Of the articles; also, for
blank forms Of offer and guaranty.
Every offer, as required BY law Of 10th August,
ty, the form Of which Is hereinafter given, and
| also by n 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 andavit
| signed by himself and sworn to before some mag
istrate authorized to administer such oath, that
he iS manufacturer Of, or regular dealer In, the
articles he offers to supply, and has license as
| such anufactureHsor dealer. .H. .....
| Sureties In the full amount will be required to
sign the contract, and their responsibility cert
| fed to by United States district Judge, United
States district attorney, collector, or navy agent
| As additional security, twenty per eentum will
be withheld from the amount Of the bills until
| tho contract shall have been completed: and
| eighty per centum OF each bill, approved In
| triplicate by tho commander Of the respective
yards, will be paid by the navy agent ut the
points Of dclivery-unless requested by the con
tractor to be paid by another navy agency-within
ton days after warrants shall have been passed
by the Secretary Of the Treasury.
| 1t is stipulated In the contract that II default
be made by the parties Of the first part In deliv-
erng 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 aud
in that case the contractor and his suretes will
forfeit and pay TO the United States a 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 thai
case provided, approved March 8, 1916
No bids for more than one yard must be on
closed In one envelope, and the same must bo dis
tinctly endorsed on the outside, Proposals fOr
Materials for the Navy, for the Navy Yard at,
(name the yard,)'' and addressed 'To the Chief
Of the Bureau OF Equipment and Recruiting,
Navy Department, Washington, d. c.
The classes Of this Bureau are numbered and
la.h. HNl F.1l