The Arizona sentinel., 1873-11-29

= II. Bidders should first propose for ser
vice strictly according to the advertise
msnt. and then if they desire, separately
for different service; and If the regular bid
be the lowest offered for the advertised
serv ice, the other propositions may be con-
sidered.
l3; There should be bat one route bid
for in a proposal. Consolidated or com
bination bids ("proposing one snm for two
OF more routes cannot be considered.
a. The route, the service, the yearly
pay, the name and residence of the bidder
Chat is, his usual post Office address,, and
the name of each member of firm. whore
a company offers, should be distinctly
stated. iffH
Is. Bidders are requested to use, as far
as practicable, the printed proposals fur
nished by the Department, to write ont
in full the sum of their bids, and 10 return
copies of them.
Altered bids should not be submitted !;
nor shomld bids once submitted be with
drawn. No withdrawal of bidder or
guarantor will be allowed unless the with
drawal is received twenty-four hours pre-
vIous to the time fixed for Opeuing the pro-
posals.
Each bid must be guaranteed by two
responsible persons. Tse bid and guaran-
- sh5oii be signsd plainly with full name
OF each person.
The Postmaster General reserves the
right to reject any bid which msy be
deemed extravagant; and also to disregard
the bids of falling contractors and bidders.
Act OF June 8, 1872, eectiOn 2A9.)
Is. The bid should be sealed, suDDeT-
scribed mail Proposals, Territory OF
Arizona" addressed Second Assistant
Postmaster General, Contract Ofics e
Bids of $4,000 per annuR and upwaru
must be accompanied by certified check
or, draft, on some solvent national bank
equal to five per cent. of the amount; also
bids for service which now costs $1,000
or more per annum. Where the present
pay is $4,000 or more, it is stated in the
advertisement under the appropriate route.
IL. The contracts ara to be executed and
returned to the Department by or before
the LIST day of June 1874, otherwise the
accepted bidder will be considered as hav-
ing failed, and the Postmaster General may
proceed to contract tor the service with
other parties according to law. oij
Transfers of contracts, or of interest
In contracts are forbidden by law, and
consequently cannot be allowed. Neither
can bids, or interest in bids, be trans-
ferred or assigned TO other parties.
bidders will therefore take notice that they
wilfpe expected to perform the servics
awarded to them through the whole con-
tract terfSs
Is. Seeti6p 249 OF an act of June 8,
1872, proyidesthat contracts for the trans-
portation Of mali shall be awarded to the
lowest bidder tendehipg sufficient guarsn-
tee for faithful pertorma2ce. without othe.
reference to the mods of sNch Transporter
ton than may be nececessary 20 PROVIDE
for the due celebrity, certainty, an6. security
thereof" Under this Law bids thsS. PRO-
pose to transport the mails with "csler.lg,
certainty, and security" having been d.
cided to be the only legal bids, are COZ.
strued as. providing for the entire mail,
however large, and whatever may be the
mode OF conveyance necessary to insure its
CELEBRITY, certainty, and security" and
have the preference over all others, and
10 Others are considered, except f0g steam
boa. Foates
~. a modification of B bid 10 any OF It's
essential terms is tantsmouut to new bid,
and caJnot be received, SO as 10 i1seffsos
with regular competition. Making q now
old, with guarantee and certificate, ie Tbs
only way to modify previous bid.
~. Postmasters are to be careful s0s to
certify to the sufficiency or quarantors
without knowing that they are persons Of
suflclent responsibility. (See section 247,
act OF Jnne6, 1922 Taey must moi sign
the certificate until the sum of the bid is
inserted. and the bid and guarantee are
signed by the bidder and (two) guarantors:
disregard of this instruction by the post
masters will subject them TO immediate
removal and to servere penalties.
Postmasters are also liable to dismissal
from Office for acting as agents of contrnc-
tors or bidders, with or without compen-
satlon, in any business, matter, or thing re-
ating to the mail service. They are the
trusted agents of the Department, and
cannot consistently act IN both capacities.
u. All bidders, guarantors, and sureties
ire distinctly notified that on failure to
enter into or perform the contracts for the
service proposed for in the accepted bids,
heir legal liabilities will be enforced
against them.
~. Present contractors, and persons
inown at the Department. must, equally
WIN others, procure gaarantors and certi-
Icates f.their suficiency substantially IN
ne forms above prescribed The certif-
ate OF sufficiency must be signed by
ostm sster,
20. In all cases where the routes are
Ot fully supplied with the necessary locks
nd pouches, it is the duty of the postmas-
Or at the head of the route to make re-
uisition on the Contract Office Of this
department. for such locks and pouches
efore LIST July next, provided the route
Q let.
JNO. a. J. CRESWELL,
owl 6t. Postmaster General.