The Portland daily press., 1865-07-25
Proposals.
Proposals for Materials for the
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guA&A NAVY DEP ARTMENTt T.
BUREAU OF STEAM ENGINEEEsdMsS'( I
CEALED PROPOSALS to furnish materials 81. tor me
~ Navy for the fiscal year ending ue ~ iooo, VIII
be received at the Bureau Of steam next at Ia
10 O'Clock A. NJ. Of the 3lst day OF e' az WHICH
time the opening win be comm ensess,
Proposals must be endorseas nav ~ er Materls
Few . ,,sj,sssa letters and directed to the Chief
of fine Bureau Of Steam engineering.
ne & inn.asyticiiarly described nj the ;n+J
hndies: any Of which will be furnished to snch al
desire to offer, on application to the commanding Of
lie respective yards, or to the navy agent nearest
thereto and those of all the yards upon application to
This division into classes being for the convenience
Of dealers IN eacn, such classes only will be furnished
as are actually required for bids. The commandant
ana navy agent for each station WILL in addition to
elis scle1uie q classes Of their yards have
copy o. tne schedules Of the other yards for examna
ZION only, from which may be judged whether It will
Ds desirable to make application for anyof the classes
OF those yards All other things being equal, prefer
ence viii be given to articles of American manufac
ture. xa IIhe slDA
Offers must be made for the whole of the class at
any yard upon one Of the printed schedules, or in
strict conformity herewith, or they viii not be COM
sidered. qrgEs'rg aAT9faRl+01 I9
Upon application to the Bureau to the commando
ant of any yard, or to any navy agent the form of
offer of guarantee, and other necessary information
respecting the proposals will be furnished
The contract will be awarded to the lowest bidder
who gives proper guarantees as required by the law
of the 10th Of August, 1876, the Navy Department
reservng the right TO reject the lowest bid If deemed
exorbitant not to the interest Of the Goyernnent
to accept
The contracts will bear date the day the notifca-
ton Is given, and deliveries can be demanded from
that date. r,-4.~ ~
Bidders are hereby cautioned and particularly
notified that their offers must be in the form pre-
scrbed and be mailed in time to reach their destina
ton before the time expires for receiving them No
btd c.H te considered scich shall BE- recefDed after ae
period sfnfed and no Allowance arlI made for fail
es q nse mail. All offers mustt be accompanied by
the bidders license, or certified copy thereof.
Suretes In the full amount will be required to sign
the contract and their responsibility certified to by
United States district judge, United States district
attorney collector, navy Agent As additional se-
curities, twenty per centum win be withheld from
the amount Of the bills until the contract shall have
been completed and eighty per centum Of each bill,
approved in triplicate by the commandments of the
respective yards, viii be paid by the navy agents at
the points OF delivery, in funds certificates the
option Of the Government within ten days after the
warrant for the same shall have been passed by the
Secretary Of the Treasury.
The following are the classes REQUIRED at the re-
specttve navy yards: