Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-11-08


. guarantee, and the oath of the bidder
, according TO section 246, act of June 8.
/ 1872.
y. Bidders should first propose for
service strictly according to the adver-
| tisement. and then, if they desil e, sep
aratety for different service: and If the
regular bid be the lowest offered fer the
: advertised service, the other propositions
may be considered,
IS. There should be brt one ronte bid
for in proposal. Consolidated or COM
bination bids ('.proposing enc sum for
two or more routes") cannot be consitl-
cred.
II. The route. the service. the yearly
pay, the name and residence Of the bid
der (that is. his usual post-office address,
and the name of each member of a firm,
where company offers, should be dis
tinctly stated
Is. Bidders are requested to use. az
far as practica ble the printed proposals
furnished by the Department, to write
out in full the sum of their bids, and 10
retain copies Of them.
| Altered bids should not be submitted.
nor should bids once submitted be with
! drawn. No withdrawal Of bidder OF
| " LII bc udiSSS tAC
withdrawal is received twenty-four hours
| previous to the time fixed for opening
the proposals.
responsible persons. The bid and guar
antee should be signed plainly with the
full name OF each person.
The Postmaster General reserves the
right to reject any bid which may be
l..-,,oI al.
gard the bids of failing contractors and
bidders. Act Of June s, 1872, section
249l
10. The bid should be sealed. super
scIibed Mail Proposals, State OF Ney-
master General, Contract Office" Bids
Of 5000 per arnum and upward mus.
be accompanied by a certified check, Or
draft, on some solvent national bank,
equal TO 5 per cent. oi the amount: also
bids for service which now costs $5,Ooe
or more per aDEum. Where the preseL,
pay is 5000 or more. ii is stated in the
advertisement under the appropriate
roGte.
H. The contracts are 70 be erecuted and
returned to the Department by o., before the
IS day Of June, 1874, othey1riSe The ar
copied bidder iciU be considered as hdrii..l
fai!eti, and The Postmaster Genera! may
pcocssd to contract for The service tcith
Other parties, according TO lar.
Transfers Of contracts. or Of interest
il contracts, are forbidden by law, AMI
consequently cannot be allowed Nei-
tEer can bids, or interest in lads. he
transferred or assignee, 10 other parties
Bidders viii therefore take notice that
they viii be expected 10 perform the
service awarded 10 them through the
whole contract term.
IS. Section II. OF the act of june 3.
1872, provides that contracts for the
Of the mail shall he
awarded 10 the lowest bidder rendering
sufficient guarantees for faithful PEI
formance, without other reference to the
mode Of such transportation than NAV
lie necessary to provide for the due celer-
lty- certainty, and security thereof
Under this law bids that propose 10
transport the mails with '.cs'eI-it9. ce5,-
tliHty, dad Se0sri'g," hdriHy 5cen ,Ietide,;
10 Be TIC oa,y 5sgql bids, are construed as
pr0cid;nr for tie ENTIRE mail. houereg
'qi,ge, and lrdn.erer may be the mote a.
conreyaTce recsSsHry to insure is .'cele,--
itp, certainty. ard ser,nity, and hare H.
preference orc I'll Others, and 10 Others
are considered, except fur steamboat
routes.
II. A modification OF bid in any of
is essential terms is tantamount TO 2
new bid, and cannot be received, so as
to interfere with regular competition
Making a new bid. With guarantee and
certificate. is the only way to modify
previous hid.