Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-07-18
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PROPOSALS FOR MATERIALS FOR
l. THE NAVY.
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
TENT AND RFCRviTINg.

NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT AND RECRUIriNa
June %, 1865
Sealed proposals to furnish materials for The
navy for the fiscal year ending 30th Juno, 1866,
will he received at the Bureau Of Equipment and
Recruiting until the 2jth day Of July next, at
10 O'Clock, a. m, when bids will be opened,
without regard to any accidental detention Of
malls or other causes.
The materials and 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 commaudants OF tho 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 tho
schedules Of the other yards for examination
only, from which 1t may be judged whether 1t
Will be desirable to make application for any Of
the classes OF those yards
II Is requested OF bidders to avoid eraSures and
substitution Of figures, and to that the amounts
are correctly carried out
The contracts will be awarded to the lowest
| bona fde bidder who gives proper security for
lis fullllmout. The bureau reserves the right to
reject all the bids for any class, II deemed cSor-
| biAnt.
Bidders are referred to the commandauts Of
the respective yards for samples, Instructions, or
particular description Of the articles also, for
blank forms Of offer and guaranty.
! Every offer, as required by law Of 10th August,
| ls4j, must be accompanied by written guaran-
| ty, the form Of which ia hereinafter given, and
also by certificate signed by the Collector Of
Internal Revenue fsr the district in which he re
sidos that he has license to deal In the articles
which he proposes to furnish; or by al afidaN 1t
sighed by himself and sworn to before some mag :
istratO authorized to administer such oath, that
he Is manufacturer OF, or regular dealer in, the
articles he offers to supply, aud has license as
| such manufacturer or dealer.
Surctcs In the full amount will be required to
sign the contract, and their responsibility ccrti-
fed to by a United States district judge, United
States district attorney, collector, or navy agent
As additional security, twenty per centum will
the contract shall have been completed: aud
eighty per centum Of each bill, approved in
triplicate by the commaudRut Of the respective
yards, will be paid by the navy agent at til
points Of delivery-unless requested by the con-
| tractor to be paid by another navy agcncy-wthin
ten days after warrants shalt have been passed
by the Secretary OF the Treasury.
| II Is stipulated in the contract that II default
be made by the parties OF the first part In deliv-
| eriug all or any OF the articles mentioned In any
, c,as" bid for in the contract, or the quality at
such time and places above provided, then and
In that case the contractor aud his surctcs will
forfeit aud pay to the United States q sum Oi
nor exceeding twice the amount Of such
cid,.,. which may be recovered from time to
time, according to the act OF Congress in that
ca, provided, approved March 3, 1876.
No bids Tor more than one yard must be en-.
closed la ono envelope, aud the same must bed :.
unCLly endorsed on the outside, "PrUpnsals fDi
Materials for the Navy, for the Navy Yard at,
(name tho yard,)'' and addressed "Tu the Chief
Of the Bureau Of Equipment aud Recruiting
Navy Department, Washington, D. az
The classes Of hi. Bureau are numbered aud
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