Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-07-21
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PROPOSALS FOR MATERIALS FOR
l. THE NAVY.

NAVY DRPARrMBET,)
BUREAU OF EouIPMBNT AND RECRUITING, ,
.| June 20, 1865.
Sealed proposals to furnish materials for the
navy for the fiscal year ending 3Oth June, 1886,
will DO received at tue Bureau o Equipment and
Recruiting until the 2Ith day OF July next, at
10 clock, q. M, when bids will be opened,
without regard to auy accidental detention Of
mails or other causes.
The materials aud 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 oOmmandants Of the respective yards, or
to the navy agent nearest thereto, and
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 Addison to the schedule of
classes at .,ioir own yaEu >, have a copy Of the
schedules Of tho ,er ya'Gs for examination
only, from which Il may De Judged whether IL
will be desirable to make application for any of
the classes OF those yd.Gs.
II IL requested OF bidders to avoid erasures and
substitution Of ui es, aud to that the amounts
arc correctly rlrricG ont.
The contra IS VIII be awarded to the lowest
bona dde bidGer nno gives proper security for
Its fulhllment. The bureau reserves the right to
reject all the bids for any class, II deemed exor-
bitant.
Bidders are referred to the commandants Of
the respective yards for samples, instructions, or
particular description OF tn, .rticles; also, for
blank forms of offer aud TIaranty.
Every oGer, as required Nv law OF 10th August
1916, must be accompanied ~ written guaran-
ty, tho corm Of witch Is he eiuafter given, and
also Oy q ocrtilcrte signed Jy the Collector oil
Internal Ecyeuue for the District In which he re
sides, that no mas lieeuse 10 deaf the articles
which he proposes o furnish or ny al affidavit
signed by aims anu swOI n 20 be some mag =
istrate au iorzed to rdmi lister sucL oath, that
he II Manufacturer OF, or regular dealer In, the
articles lie offers 10 supply, and has n liceuse rs
such manufacture o. nc ,.ler.
Sureties In tie iun amou ut will DO required to
sign the con,-"ct, aud their responsibility certi-
fed to by - " ted States district judge, United
States die I,ct 'toIney, collector, or navy agent
As addltiop"' security, twenty Pc centum will
DO withheld ,rOm the amount OF the bills until
tho cOntracf shall have been completed: and
eighty per eentrm of each bill, approved In
triplicate ~ =. eomm.udant OF the respective
yards, viii Ds paid by toe navy agent at the
points o: iei've.y--uu'eJs requested by the con
tractor to = )s" byauo4ber ravy agency-within
ten dayt sitter wal rau's shah have been passed
by the SesrCsa.y II -he"Treasury.
II Is stipulated IN =. he contract that II default
be made bMthe pR DE IT the first part in dcliv
ering all or any OF Ihe articles mentioned In any
class bid for In the contract, or the quality nj
such time aud places above provided, tIen aud
In that case the contractor aud his sureties will
forfeit and pay 10 the United States n sum Of
money mot exceeding twice the amornt Of such
class, which may be recovered from time to
time, according TO the act OF Congress In that
case provided, approved March ], 1916.
No bids for more than one yard must be en-
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 $40 the Chief
OF the Bureau OF Equipment and Recruiting,
Navy Department, Washington, d. c."
The classes OF this Bureau are numbered aud