Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-07-08
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BrREAC OF sTgAsy EsaISEsRlSa, 7

NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BrRRAC OF STBESg ENaINBERISu, :
Juiio D, 1850.
Sealed Proposals to iicrnish t'hterialS for the
NAVY for the fiscal year ending guno ~, 1855,
WILDE received at tho Bureau OF stefan hngl
ntSring until 10 o'clock, u. m, OF ihe olt NY on
July next, at which time the opening VIVA ne
Proposals must re endorsed, Proposals for
Materials for the Navy thd they may DO dis
tinguiEhed from other business letters, and d.
rected to the Chief OF the Bureaus VI steam En-
cheering. .
The materials and articles emDrseed In the
classes named are particularly dcscrfbcd IN the
priEt@l schedules; any Of which will no Iur-
nished ii such as desire to offer, on app ncatoh
to the commau4snts OF the respective yards, or to
| the navy agent nearest thereto, aud those Of I'll
the yards upon application to the Bureau.
This division into two classes being for the
yonience OF dealers In each, such classes only
will be- furnished as are actually required for
| bids. The commandant and navy agent for each
station will in addition to tho schedule Of classes
| OF thor own yards, have copy Of the schedules
| OF the other yards for examination only, from
which may be Judged whether 1t will BIO destra.
Bile to make application for any OF the classes OF
those yards All other things being equal, pref
erences will be given to articles Of American
| manufacture.
at any yard upon one Of the printed schedules,
or in strict conformity Herewith, or they will
not be considered.
Upon application to the Bureau, to the com
form VI offer, Of guarantee and other necessary
Information respecting the proposals will be fur
| nished
The contract win he awarded tothe lowest bid
der who gives proper guarantees, as required by
the law of 10th OF Augdt, 1916, the Navy De-
partment reserving the right to reject the lowest
bid, II doomed exorbitant, or NOT to the interest
| OF the Government to accept.
| The contracts will bear date the day The notin =
cation is given, aud deliveries can be demanded
from that date.
Bidders are hereby cautioned and particularly
notified that their offers must be in the form pre-
scrbcd, and be mailed in time to reach their des-
tnatOn before the time expires for receiving
| them. No bid ,Ciii be COnSftSred tohich shall b.
rGceirsd after he psripd sidttd, and no dtLOIo-
dncs Ioiil be made for failures Of the mail All
offers must be accompanied by the bidder =
| license, or n certified copy thereof.
| Sureties in the full amount will be required Ia
sign the contract, and their responsibility certi-
fed to by United States district judge, United
States district attorney, collector, or navy agent
As additional securities, twenty per centum will
| be withheld from the amount Of the bills unit
tho contract shall have been completed, and
eighty per centum Of each bill, approved In trip
licate by the commandants of the respectiv,
yards will be paid by the navy agents at tn,
points Of delivery, in funds certificates, at tn,
| option Of the Government, within ten days afte
1.-THE warrant for the same shall have been passet
| by the Secretary Of the Treasury.
| The following are the classes required at tn,
| raz ivn w