Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-07-07
DRoPosALs FOR MATERIALS FOR
l. THE NAVY.
NAVY DBrARTnErT,
BrEEAu OF sTRAN BSaISEERISe,

NAVY DBrARThErT,l
BCREAu or STRAIN BNaINEERINg,
June Is, 1855
Sealed ProposaIs to furnish materials for the
Navy for the fiscal year ending June 20, 1885,
will be received at ths Bureau Of Steam Rngi-
nrering until 10 o'clock, ~ m. Of the 3lst day %
July next, at which time the opening viii be
commenced. F...I ~.
Proposals must he endorses, = Proposals foS
Materials for the Navy that thy may be dis
rected to the Chief Of the Bureaus ef Steatl Bn-
cheering.
The materials and articles embraced in the
classes named are particularly described In TIE
printed schedules; any OF which Will BIG FUR
nishod to such as desire to Offer, on application
to the eommandants of the respective yards, or to
the navy agent nearest thereto, and those Of all
the yards tpon application to the Bureau.
This division into two clas'es being for the
convenience Of dealers in each, such classes only
will be furnished as arc actually required fer
bids. The commandant and navy agent for each
station will, in addition to the schedule OF classes
of their own yards, have copy OF the schedules
Of the other yards for examination only, from
which may he judged whether 1t will be desira-
BILE to make application for any OF the classes ~
those yards. All otlrCr things being equal, pref
erenCcs will be given 10 srticies Of American
Offers must be made for tho whole OF the class
at any yard upon one OF the printed schedules,
or In strict conformity Herewith, or they VIII
Cpon application to the Bureau, to tho com
maudant Of the yard or to any navy agent the
form Of offer, OF guarantee, and other necessary
Information respecting the proposals will be far
nished.
The contract will he awarded 10 the lowest bid
der who gives proper guarantees, as required by
the law OF 10th 81 August, 1876, the Navy De-
partment resorying the right to reject the lowest
bid, II deemed oXoThitaut, or not to the interest
Of the Government to accept ...
Tho contracts will bear dRte'the day the notih-
cation Is given, aud deliveries can be demanded
from that date.
Bidders are ncreby cauhonsd and particularly
notified that their offers must Re in tire form pre-
scrbcd, and be mailed In time to- reach theirdes7
tinatOn bcfOto the time expires for receiving
them. No Jii EHl be considered i6dsrh shall BE-
rec. iusd Tficr the pcripd stated, amt no dtlOl0-
uHce t0iIi BE- mdie tpr failures If the nSyH All
oTors must he accompanied by the BIDDER
license, or a certified copy thereof.
SprstieS In the full amount will be requiryd to
sign ihe contract, aud their responsibility certi
aed to by United STATES district Judge, United
state. district attorney, collector, or navy agent.
A, add itional securities, twenty per centum will
lao with cid from the amount Of the bills until
the contract shall have been completed, and
eighty per contuln of each bill, approved in trip
ue,te by the Communicates OF the respective
yards, will be paid by the navy agents at the
nniuts of delivery, in funds or certificates at the
optIou Of the Government, within ten days aftel
he warrant for tho same shall have been passed
by the Secretary OF the Treasury
The following are the classes required at thu