Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-07-13
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PROPOSALS FOR MATERIALS FOR
l. THE NAVY.
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
DrRgAU OF EQUIPMENT AND REcRUITrSG,
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NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU OF Equipment AND RECRUITING,
June 49, 1855.
Sealed proposals to furnish materials for the
navy for the fiscal year ending 3Oth June, 1896,
will be received at the Bureau OF Equipment aud
Recruiting until the 25th day OF July next at
10 o'clock, a. m, when bids will DO opened,
without regard to any accidental detention vi
mails or other causes.
The materials aud articles embraced in tho
classes named are particularly described IN the
printed schedules, any Of which will be furniS she'd
TO suchas desire to offer, application to
the eommandants OF the respective yards, or
10 the navy agent nearest thereto, aud
those OF all the yards upon application to the
Bureau. This division into classes being for the
convenience OF dealers in each, such portinUs
only Will he furnished ~ are actually required
for bids. The commaudant and navy agent of
each station will, IN addition to the schedule Of
classes at their own yards, have u copy " the
only, from which 1t may DO judged whether II
Will be desirable to make application for any OF
the classes Of those yards.
II is requested OF bidders to avoid ensures and
substitution OF figures, and to see that the
are correctly carried out
The contracts will be awarded TO the lowest
bona re bidder who gives proper security for
reject all the bids for any class, II deemed exor
bitant
Bidders arc referred to tho eommandanta Of
the respective yards for samples, instructions, or
particular description OF the articles; also, for
blank forms OF otter and guaranty.
Every offer, rs required by law uf 10th August,
1916, must be accompanied by written guaran .
ty, the form OF which IL 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 ho proposes TO furnish or by au AFFIDAVIT
signed by himself and sworn 10 before some mag
istrate authorized to administer such oath that
he Ia manufacturer of, or regular dealer In tho
articles he offers to supply, and has license as
such manufacturer or dealer
,Suretiss In the full amount will be reauIrcd 10
sign the contract and their responsibility certI-
NED to by United States district judge, United
States district attorney, collector or navy agent
As additional security, twenty peE centum will
be withheld from the amount OF the bills until
the contract shall have been completed: and
eighty per centum OF zach bill, approved in
triplicate by the commAndant Of the respective
yards, will be paid by the navy agent at tho
points OF delvery-unless requested by the con.
traetor 10 be paid by another navy Ggency-withln
ten days after warrants shall have been passed
by the Secretary Of the Treasury.
II Is stipulated in the contract that II default
be made by tho parties OF the first part IN dollv-
ering all or any Of the articles mentioned in Apy
class bid for in the contract, or the quality Al
such time and places above provided, then and
In that case the contractor and his sureties will
forfeit and pay to tho United States II sum of
money not exceeding twice the amount Of such
class, which may be recovered from time 10
time, according to the act OF Congress- in that
case provided, approved March g. 1910
No bids for more than one yard mugt he en-
closed In ono envelope, and the same must be dis
tlnetly endorsed on the outside, "PropnsnI. for
Materials for the Navy, for the Navy YArd at
name the yard, " and addressed ''T6 the Chief
Of the Bureau Of Equipment and Recruiting,
Navy department, Washington, ID. G. -
The classes OF this Bureau are numbered and