Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-07-08
DRoP0SALS FOR MATERIALS TO BE SUP
Il Piled TO THE NAVY YARDS UNDER
TIE COGNlZAECE OF THE BUREAU OF
EQUIPMENT AND RECRUlTINi.
NAVY DEPARTMENT.,
BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT AND RECRUITING.
WASHINGTON. d G. June % lS73


BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT AND RECRUITING.
NksHINGTeN, ID. c., June p, lS2N
Sealed Proposals 70 furnish Materials for the Nayv
ceiyes at this Bureau until 10 o'clock a m OF rHE
18Th July NEXT, at which time the proposals will
The proposals must be addressed TO the "Chief Of
ice Z and RsGrIting Nav
Proposals for Materials for the Navy" that they
70 P,srsht COM asifJdciltafe rae OpeRiag u
t9s ttdS pa ti,S bidd for supplies yqyfs
ndorSsd tctth fae name If The yard for rhica tht 5td
Printed schedules for such classes as parties deal
IN and intend 10 bid f.r together with Instructions
to bidders giving the forms Of proposal of gusran
forms of offer, will be Furnished to such persons as
desire TO bid on application to the Commandments Of
ys-us on application 10 the Bureau. " NIL '"'
The ComEandant Of each Navy yard, and the Pur-
copy OF the schedule of the other Yards for xamna
ton only, in order that persons who intend 70 bid
tion for any of the classes of those yards.
The proposals must be for the whole of q class but
the Department reserves the right TO reduce the
whole class, should the interest OF the Government
require before the execution Of the contract All
Applications Tor Information, or for the exsminatio
oil samples, must be made 70 the Commandments Of the
III accordance ,citA the Ia,r bids or oers t-iH b.
recsired only from parties lchO bona fs dealers
an. OF mgnpGeiHrsrs q, ne aI;icteS they offer 20
furnish. The guarantors must be certified by the
Assessor Of Internal Revenue for the district in
The contract will be awarded to the person who
makes the lowest bid and gives the guarantee re-
CURED by law, the Navy Department, however,
reseryng the right 20 REJECT the lowest bid or any
which 1t may deem exorbltant
onder the Pyorts'oas ofthe second section Of the
act opPTOred MaTcg 5, 1866, fae offer Of dHy pe,SOH
Icho, principal Or surely, has filled mas cOHfra
for ISL, 1872, IctH not Be Tsoeired.
reties in the full amount will be reauired 70
sign the contract and their responsibility must lie
certified TO the satisfaction of the Navy De partment
As additional security, twenty per centum will be
withheld from the amount OF the bills until the con
tracts shall have been completed, and eighty per
centum Of the amount Of each bill, approved in trim
licate by the Commandments of the respective Yards
will be paid by the Psymaster Of the station
designated IN tie contract or, IL none is specified
by the Psymaster of the station nearest the yard
where the goods are delivered, 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
designated as follows:
No. J. Flax Canvas, &c. No. 2. Cotton Canvas
&C. No. 3. Cotton Hammock, Bag, and Cot S,uT
No. 4. Iron and steel. No. 5. Galley Iron. No =
Utensils. No. 10. Tools. No. II; Tin and Zine
No. u. Leather. No; Is. Soap and Tallow. No. a.
OK hides fer rope. No. Is. Brushes. No. 10. Shin
G6ssdIery No q n Tar and Tar Oil No sta
No; q: Sand: No. p: Paints and Oils.
The following are the classes. by the numbers re-
qUired at the respective Navy yards:
Nos.2, 3, s, 9, u, Is, 10, Is, l9, q.
CHARLEsTOwN
Nos. 2, 3, as 3, z, Il, Is, Is, II, Is, l9, %, O.
BROOKLYN.
Nos i, ?, 8, 9, IL, Is, Is, l6, IL, ls l9, 81 a.
PHILADELPHIA.
Nos. 2, 3, s. 3, u Is, Is, 10, IL, Is, 10, 20, q
Nos. as, Il, 10, IL, Is, 10, 20, p.
WASHINGTON,
Nos. 4, ii, L. 10, L. Is, 10, Do q. iyl-wiw