Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-06-04
NAVY DEPARTMENT., I
BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT AND RECRUITING.

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NAVY DEPARTMENT,
| BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT AND RECRUITING,
SEALED PROPOSALS to furnish a." Materials rails for
the Navy for the fiscal year ending June 80 1867,
will be received at this Bureau until 10 O'clock NJ.
of the q day Of July next, at which time the pro-
| posals will be opened.
The proposals must be addressed to the Chief of
the Bureau of Equipment and recruiting Navy De
partment. Washington, and must be endorsed. PRO
posal5 for Materials &c, for the Navy, that they
may DO distinguished from other business letters.
Printed schedules for any class. together with in
sructons to bidders giving the forms of proposal of
guaranty, and Of certificate Of guarant0rs will be
furnished to such persons desire to bid on appi-
cation to the CommandartS of the respective navy
yards and those of all the yards, on application to
The Commandant of each navy yard and the Pur-
chasing Paymaster of each station will have copy
OF the schedules of the other yards for examination
only, IN order that persons who intend to bid NAV
judge whether it is desirable to make application far
| anr of the classes of those yards.
Inc proposal must be for the whole of class and
ton of samples, must be made to the Commandments
OF the respective yards.
Tho proposal must be accompanied by certificate
from the Collector OF Internal Revenue for the dis
riGt in which the bidder resides that he has license
must further show that he is manufacturer of or
regular dealer in the articles which he offers to sup
ply. The guarantors must be certified by the As
they reside.
The contract will be awarded to the person who
dhes Inc lowest DID anu gives the guaranty required
by law, the Navy Department however, reserving
the right to reject the lowest bid for any which it
may dean exOrbitant.
Sureties in the full amount will DO required to
slgn the tract. and their responsibility must be
certified to the satisfaction Of the Navy Department
As additional security twenty per centum will be
withhold from the amount of the bills until the con-
tract shall have been completed. and eighty per
centum of the amount of each bill, approved in
trlplcate by the Commandant of the respective
yard will be paid by the Paymaster of the station
designated in the contract in funds of certificates at
the option of the Government, within ten days after
the warrant for the shall have been passed by
the Secretary of the Treasury
The classes of this Bureau are numbered and
designated as follows:
No !. Flax Canvas, Irvine No t. Ash and Beech
No 2. Cotton, Canvas Il Plank.
Irvine. No 10. TaiIow.
No 8. Iron and Steel. No 20. Brushes
No 4. Tin and Zinc. No %. Stationery
No 5. Sperm Oil. No 49, Hardware
10 6. Paints and Oils. No 81. Ship Chandlery
No 10. Leather, mo 81 Whale Oil Sc
No Il. Gun Hose. No 80. Galley Iron.
No II. Lignumvitse. No 49, Pig Iron
No IS. Lanters. No 81. Chain Iron
No IA. Ok Hides.
The following are the classes, by their numbers
quired at the respective navy yards:
klTTER1-Nos. J. 2. 1, 6, II, Is, q.
CHARLESTOWN-1, ., 8, AS 6. II, II, 16. IS, 90,
BR0OKLYN-1.2, 8, 6, 10, 16. %. q.
.PHILADELPHIA-1,2 g, 4, 5, 6, 10, II, Is, 20, %,
WASHINGTON. 2.46. II. IS. %. 80, 80. "a.