The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-07-15
PRO OoOSALS.

NAVY DEPARTMENT,
RuREAu or EnuIPMENn AND RECRIIIT

NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT AND RECRUITING,
SEALED PROPOSALS to furnish material for the
Navy for the fiscal year ending June 3O 1s71 will be
received at this Bureau until 10 O'Clock A. NJ OF the
9TH Of August next at which time the proposals will
The proposals must be addressed to the "Chief OF
the Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, Navy
Department. Washington" and must be lndorsed
proposals for Materials for the Navy" that they
may be dist hguished from other business letters
Printed schedules for any class, together with in
structons to bidders, giving the forms OF proposal
Of guarantee and Of certificates OF guarantors, will
be furnished TO such persons as desire to bid on ap
plicati0n to the commaBdants or the respective
navy yards and those OF all the yards on application
TO the Bureau.
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 may
Judge whether IL is desirable TO make application for
any OF the classes Of those yards.
The proposals must be for the whole of class,
and all applications for information or for the ex-
animation of samples must be made to the Com
mandants OF the respective yards.
The proposals must be accompanied by certid-
from the Collector of Internal Revenue for the
district in which the bidder resides that he has
license to deal in the articles for which he proposes
and he must further show that he is a manufacturer
OF or regular dealer in the articles which he offers
to supply. The guarantors must be certified by the
Assessor OF Internal Revenue for the district in which
The contract will be awarded to the person who
makes the lowest bid and gives the guarantee re-
qured by law, the Navy Department, however,
reserving the right to reject the lowest bid or any
which 1t may deem eXorbltant.
Sureties in the full amount will be required TO
sign the contract, and their responsibility must Oe
certified the satisfaction of the Navy Department
As additional security, twenty per centum will be
withheld from the amount of the bills until the con-
tract shall have been completed, and eighty pei
centum OF the amount Of each bill, approved in
tripllcate by the Commandant OF the respective
yards, will be paid by the Paymaster OF the station
designated in the contract in funds certificates
at 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 classes OF this Bureau are numbered and de-
sigDated as follows-
No. FLAX Canvas, ETC. No. l3-Soap and Tallow
No. 2-COtton Canvas. etc. No. 14-OX hides for rope
No. 3-Cotton Hammock No. l5-Brushes.
Bag and Cot stan. No. 16-Shlp Cnandery.
No. 4-Iron and Steel. No. 17-Tar and Tar Oil.
No. 6--Galley Iron. No. 1S-StatOnery.
No 7-Chan Iron. No. 19-Dry Goods.
No. s-Hardware No. 20-Frewood and
No. 9-COOking Utensils COAL
No 1l-Iin and Zinc. No. 2l-Sand.
No 12-Leather.
CHARLESTOWN NAVY YARD.
Glasses Nos. 2, 8, 4, 8, Q, 10, 10, H., 10, 1G H.,
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.
Glasses Nos. J. 3, 5, D. IL, l3, 49, l6, IT, 49, 10,
20, 2l
PHILADELPHIA.
Classes Nos. 2, $, u, iSii Gi u, Is, -, 90
Glasses Nos p H. 6, T. 8, H. l2, l3, &c. IT, 1s, 20.
NORFOLK.
Glasses Nos q g. 9, IL, ~, l3 49, 10, IL 49, 10, 20.
PORTSMOUTH, N ii.
Classes Nos. 2, s, IL, ls, l6, II, ls, 49, 20,
q. 7l2 tu4w