Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-08-26
PROPOSALS.
DROPOeALs FOR RI9IeTERID PACKAeI
l. 1hvELoPEs.
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Essied PrsPsss,: vii, Be iseeiyed g this Deps.t-
st l2 O'Clock for furnishinT In sucn Susntisies
and a. such times as may be required, the ioI.
August 81, 1873, to VIII: ''''-s
FOR REGIsTERID PACKAGES,
s@snSS nos inches. Estimated NUMBER required,
The estimaee given is intended O. guide to bid
number = sns s.1, @a nay Ssmsna or
%s,s Be msSe On The form, By the
% Of s ,ss s BE-
GeneEs The eSn,rscs vii Be sssrdsd to he lowest
The en,slOpes mu.t strictly conform in size quail
sne Fuminil 9 on the hsps or apIets to be done IN
n efs rs hs ss %q msy
vermilIi.n o, sose other approved brilliant color,
s.eksd n strong p.sssbOsId o. Straw boxes,
ana G5 bos % ga on the
one hundred envelopes When 2o0O OF more en-
g, when large lots are ordered TO be seni to the
Post ONCE Department they must be packed in
the Without sasrse By
ia. ns enssionss m , BE- delivered in such asaoi
orders Of pestmas:ers or Of the Department ana be
sSIfserec trber At the post Office In the city where
the Postmsster General may direct, free Of cost
for packing, labelling. and delivering; the whole to
, =, .s lne hspetion ard supervision OF an
Although the enveiop. to be submitted is patented.
those manufactured for the Post once Dessrs,
Within ten days after the contract has bsau
awarded the successful tidder shall enter into an
to faithfully observe ana seep the terms, Conditions,
AMI requirements set forth IN .his advertiser ent,
shall make, erecnte, and deliver, sasiect to the ap,
prevail and acceptance OF the P0stm sster General,
Of twenty Thousand dollars w eooj Is forfeiture
for he fsit hfn performances Of said agreement or
the liabilities Of tbs seventeenth section of an act Of
OoDgress entitled An set lesslszing and making
bsen usually iDcluded 10 the general appropriation
TiSe for Certain Incidental expenses Of the depsr
mens and of5Ges o. he Cover and for other
Ansuss a. e. h s, which SSl
sct prov des that In the contractor Al, fail 20
shall for h. ssurs &c sad h
In sneh contract as quds.ed damages, to be sued
having Jurisdiction thereof.
III the contract TO whom the first award may be
satisfactory bones. As heroin provided, then the
award may be snnulled and the contract lot to the
required agreement and bond, are exeou.ed: and
such next iowess bidder shall be required to fulfill
me original party to whom the contract was
The agreement will also provide that IL at any
time duri' the Continuance OF the contract the
entire penalty Of the bond the Postmaster General
sha nave me light to require neg bond with ad
shal furnish to the cceptsncs Of the Postm sster
General within ten days sitter notice. and In defsult
thereof the contract may be annull-d.
The contract cannot, in ally case, be lawfully
transferred or assigned.
Should the interest q the @ 3vernment require,
this coLtI act may be extended beyond the time
need, not exceeding thres mont by order of Lhe
P9stna sts General, and the contract prices, ami
al herein set forth, snail govern in such
extended contract.
IRE Posmssser General reserves the right to re-.
lect asy ard all bids II, in his Judgment, the ints
snnul the conr act, if In his opinion there shall be
isInre st any time TO perform iait hfuy any of its
s1pulsticDs, or In Of o wllful sttem OF to i'm
se upon the Depart nent envelopes inferior to the
Each proposal must be signed by the individual or
nrm MAKING II, AID be accom- panied By gu arantee,
tie responsibility and sIciency of the signers to
winch must be certified TO by the pos.ma ster or
united States district attorney whe tho bidder re-
sides, that the bidder shall, within days after
DeiDg called upon to do so, execute a contract to
fcrnsh prem Pity, and in quantities ordered, the
articles swsrded to him. to be accompanied by q
bond with approved SecErity penalty of $40 900,
same. -
Proposals. qnsecompanied by such guarantee will
Bidders state in their roposals the price per
Thousand envelopes, including everything required
70 be done or furbished set forth in adyer-
tisemept; and all PROPOSALS must be made upon the
bisok forms furnished By tbs department., securely
eDyeiored and sealed, marked proposals for
Registered Package CnveiOpes," and addressed to
the Third Assistant Postmaster General, Washing
tom ID. y. wv. MARSHALL,
augi-s&ws&W Postmaster General,