Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-07-25
Pr ORC SAILS.
PROPOSALS FOR MATERIALS FOR
l. THB NAVY.
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU OF EauIPNESr AND RRoRuIriSo,


NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU OF EauIPNENT AND RRcRuITIS0,
June g. 1885.
Sealed proposals to furnish materials for the
navy for the fiscal year ending 30th June, 1855,
will be received at the Bureau Of Equipment aud
Recruiting until the 18th day Of July next, at
10 O'Clock, a. M, when bids will be opened,
without regard TO any accidental detention Of
mails or other causes.
Tho 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 commandauts 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 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 DO judged whether II
will be desirable to make application for any Of
the classes Of those yards.
II IL requested OF bidders to avoid ensures and
substitution of figures, aud to that the amounts
are correctly carried out.
The contracts will be awarded to the lowest
bona 6de bidder who gives proper security for
Its fulnllmeut. The bureau Reserves the right to
reject all the bids for any class If deemed exor-
bitant.
Bidders are referred to the commandants Of
the respective yards for samples, instructions, or
blank forms Of offer and guaranty.
Every offer, as required by law of 10th August
1916, must be accompanied by u written guaran-
ty, the form OF which is 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 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 il q manufacturer Of, or regular dealer in the
articles he offers to supply, and has license Ms
such manufacturer or dealer
Sureties In the full amount will be required to
Sign the contract, and their responsibility certi
hed to by United States district judge, United
States district attorney, collector, or navy agent
As additional security, twenty per centum will
be withheld from the amount Of the bills until
the contract shall have been completed: and
eighty per centum Of each BILL approved in
trplicatc by the commRndant Of the respective
yards, will he paid by tho navy agent at the
points OF delivcry-unlcss requested by the con.
tractor to be paid by another navy Hgcncy-within
ten days after warrants shall have been passed
by the Secretary of the Treasury.
It is stipulated In The contract that II default
he made by the parties Of the first part in delv-
ering 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 suretics will
forfeit aud pay To the United States II 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 ia that
case provided, approved March ,, 1915.
No bids for more than one yard must be en-
closed in one envelope and the same must be dis
tinCtIy endorsed gu the outside, "PrOpOsals for
Materials for the Navy, for the Navy Yard at,
name the yardD' aud addressed TO the Chief
Or the Bureau Of Equipment aud Recruiting,
Navy Department Washington, D. c."
The classses Of this Bureau are numbered aud