Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-07-15
PRoPosAEs.rH
PROPOSALS FOR MATERIALS FOR
Il i.H THE NAVY.
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BUhEAU OF E0uIPrExr AND REoaurIrg,
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BuhEAu OF Equipment AND RKonurfirg, y
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Sealed proposals 10 furnish materials for The
navy for the fiscal year ending Soth June. 1899,
will te received at the Bureau Of Equipment and
Recruiting until the 25th day Of taly next, At
10 O'Clock, a. m, when bids will be opened,
withcnt regard to any accidental detention Of
maiisor other causes.
The materials aud articles embraced In the
slss.ss named are particularly Described IN the
70 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 tho
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 a copy Of the
schedules Of the other yards for examination
| only from which II may be judged whether II
the classes Of those yards.
II Is requested OF bidders to avoid erasures and
substitution Of figures and to see that the amounts
| arc correctly carried out.
The contracts will be awarded to tho lowest
BONA Hde bidder who gives proper security for
its fulhllment The bureau reserves the right to
bitant.
Bidders are referred to the commandants Of
the respective yards for samples, instructions, or
particular description Of the articlesi also, for
| plhuk IOtmh OF Ouef hnu guaranty
Every offer, as required by law Of 10th August,
ls46, must be accompanied By . written guaran.
| ty, the form Of which ishereinafter given, and
| also by certificate signed by the Collector Of
Internal Revenue far the district In which he re.
sides, that he has license to deal In the articles
which he proposes to furnish or by an athdavit
signed by himself and sworn to before some mag
| istrate authorized to administer such oath, that
he Ia manufacturer Of, or regular dealer In, the
articles he offers to supply, and has license as
such manufacturer or dealer. $780,.
| sureties In the full amount will DO required 10
sign tho contract, and their responsibility certi-
aed to by United States district Judge, United
As additional security, twenty per centum will
| be withheld from the amount Of the bills unlii
| tho contract shall have been completed. and
| eighty por eentun OF each bill, approved in
| triplicate by the eommandant OF the respective
yards, will be paid by the navy agent ~ the
tractor TO be paid by another navy ageney-within
ten days after warrants shall have been passed
by the Secretary Of the Treasury.
IL Is stipulated In the contract that II default
be made by the parties Of the nrst part in deliv-
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 suretes will
| forfeit and pay TO the United States 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 in that
case provided, approved March 3, 1916.
| No bids for more than one yard must be en-
tlnctly endorsed on the outside, proposals for
| Materials for the Navy, for the Navy Yard at,
| name the yard, ~ and addressed "To the Chief
| Of the Bureau Of Equipment and Recruiting,
| Navy Department, Washington, ID. CO.
The classes Of this Bureau are numbered and
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