Daily national Republican., 1865-07-07
PR RoPosAL 81.
DRoPosALs FOR MATERIALB foK
Il THE NAVY. Al |
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BuhEAu OF Equipment AID REcRuiTJFe,
Hra....-r June % 1896. y -
Sealed proposals TO ffrniyh materials for the
navy for the fiscal year ending SOth June, 1893,
will be received at the Bureau Of Equipment and
Recruiting until the 26th day Of July next, st
10 O'Clock, a. m, when bids will be opened,
without regard to any accidental detention Of
mails or other causes. .... ...u.... g...... 81
The materials aud articles embraced in the
1ssS are & SsseSssS :. Il sss
70 suchas desire 70 Z fer, on application 10
the eommandauts Of tho respective yards, or
to the navy agent nearest thereto, nnd
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 cQmmaudant 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 1t may be Judged whether II
win be desirable to make application for any Of
the classes Of those yards. ...........-..
It Is requested OF bidders to avoid erasures and
substitution Of ofhgures and to sec that the amounts
are correctly carried pat.
The contyphts will be awarded 10 the lowest
bona dde b4lder who gives proper security for
Its fulillmeht The buresu reserves tho right to
reject all the bids for any class, II deemed exor
bitant
Bidders are referred TO the eommandants OF
the respective yards for samples instructions or
particular description Of the articles; also, for
blank forms OF offer and guaranty.
Every offer, rs required by law Of 10th August,
ls46, must be accompanied by a written guaran-
ty, the form Of which Is hereinafter giNon, aud
also by a certificate signed by the Collector. OF
Internal Revenue fer the district In which he re-
sides, that hP 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 Manufacturer Of, or regular dealer in, the
articles he offers to supply, aud has license as
| such manufacturer or dealer.
Sureties In the full amount will be required 10
sign tho contract, and their responsibility eerti
| ned to by United States district Judge, United
States district attorney, collector, or navy agent
| - additional security, twenty por centum will
D. withheld from the amount OF tho bills until
the contract shall have been completed: aud
| eighty per centum Of each bill, approved In
triplicate by the commaudant Of the respective
| yards, will be paid by the navy agent at the
points OF deDyery-unless requested by the con E
tractor to be paid BY another navy agoncy-within
ten days after warrants shall have been passed
| by the Secretary Of the Treasury.
| II 10 stipulated In the contract that II default
be made by the parties Of the hrst part in deliv-
eriug 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 case the contractor and his sureties will
forfeit and pay to the United States q 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 more than one yard must be :
closed In one envelope, and the same must be dis
tinctly endorsed on the outside, Proposals for
Materials for the Navy, for the Navy Yard at,
(name the yard)" and addressed "To tho Chief
Of the Bureau Of Equipment and Rceruiting
Navy Department, Washington, D. c."
The classSes Of this Bureau are numbered and
Aa IN