National Republican., 1875-05-28
DROPOsALS FOR POST OFFICE ENyEL-
L OPES.

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PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT,
WASUlNG1 on, D. G., MayI7, 1875. :
partment until FRIDAY, the 18th day Of June
1875, at Il o'clock m, for furnishing, in such
quantities and at such times as may be required
the following described Post Office Envelopes
during the fiscal year ending June 3O 1876, to wit
FOR OFFICIAL LETTERS AND RETURNS.
No. 1-size, 81 by 81 inches. Estimated num-
ber required, 5000, 600.
No. &size, 81 By 636 inches. EItimated NUN.
No. $-size, 8 Is I6 by sT inches. Estimated
number required, 1900 600.
No. 4-size, ~ by 1O54 inches. Estimated NUN.
FOR RETURNING DEAD LETTERS.
Size, SO by 81 inches Estimated number re.
Guired, 2OO0, ,O0O
FOR REGISTERED PACKAGES.
Size, by lOH inches. Estimated number re-
Quired, 5000, ,OOO
The estimates given are intended as a guide TO
bidders. The Department may require more or
less Of each kind, as the service may demand.
No regis;ered-packa envelopes will be re-
Quired before the LIST day of September, but the
delivery Of the other kinds OF envelopes is ex-
pected to commence on the 1st day of July.
Bios must be made for each kind of envelope
(Oficial dead letter and registered -packagel sep
arately, and the contract will be awar led 10 the
lowest responsible bidder for all the envelopes
(subeet to the conditions hereinafter stated with
reference to registered package envsl Jpes,) the
prices to be calculated on the foregoing esti-
mates.
Samples OF tne dlHeTenL sues and styles OF en-
velopes required, together with blank forms for
bids, will be furnished on application to the
Third Assistant Postmaster General
The envelopes must strictly conform in size,
quality OF paper, cumming aud make to the sam
Piles; the cumming on the flaps or lappots to be
done IN the best manner by hand. The envelopes
must be banded in parcels Of twenty i've, packed
In strong pasteboard or straw boxes, securely
bound with linen or cotton cloth on the corners
and edges, each TO contain not less than go of
sizes Nos. and 2, and not less than 100 Of the
other sizes, or otherwise, as may be ordered; the
boxes to be wrapped in strong manila paper aud
properly sealed so as to bear safe transportation
by mail to postmasters. When required to be
delivered at the Department the wrapping may
Re dispensed with, In the discretion of the Post
master General.
When 1900 or more envelopes are required to
fill the order Of postmaster, or when large lots
are ordered to be sent to the Post Once Depart
ment, they must be packed in strong wooden
1900 required to be sent by mall proper labels
of direction must be placed on each package; all
to be done by the contractor, without additional
charge.
The envelopes must be delivered in such guam
titles as may from time to time be required TO all
the orders Of postmasters or Of the Department,
city where the accepted bidder resides or at this
Department, as the Postmaster General may di-
rect, Tree of cost for packing labelling and deliY-
ering; the whole to be done under the inspection
and Supervision Of an agent Of the Department.
All the envelopes herein described must bear
such printing as the Postmaster General may
direct, and the registered package envelopes will
bc required to Be printed in vermiIiou or some
other approved brilliant color, equal to that on
with the view of obtaining, If possible, a better
and more secure registered package envelope,
proposals are invited for envelopes Of improved
pattern different from the sample. Proposals for
such improved patterns, tr patented, must con-
tain prOvisO giving the Department the right
to use the Improvement, at specified rate per
thousand envelopes, for an Indefinite period
beyond the expiration Of the present contract
term, ct the option of the Postmaster General.
Should an acceptable registered package envel-
ope of new design be OffereI, the eontrac, for
registered package envelopes may be let sepa-
rateiy from that for the other descriptions of
envelopes enumerated; but should the sample be
adhered TO, the contract Will be awarded as a
whole, as before stated.
The contractor will not be required to pay roy
atty on envelopes manufactured from the samples
furnished by the Department.
The Postmaster General reserves the right to
reject any and all bids II, in his Judgment, the
interests OF the Government require It; also the
right to annu the contract if In his opinion there
shall be q failure at any time to perform faith
fully any OF its stipuations, or 10 case of wlfu
attempt to impose upon the Department envel-
opes inferior to those now In use.
Each proposal must be signed by the Individual
or partI ership making It; and when made by
PartneIshtp, the name efeach partner thereof must
be disclosed, and IL must be accompanied by q
guaranty that the bidder shall, within ten days
after being called upon to do So execute a con-
SsTss . be aIie or ges 10 bs Sy
him, the responsibility and sut1ciency Of the
signers to such guaranty to be certified to by
the postmaster or United States attorney where
the bidder resides; In which contract the contrac-
tor and his suretes shall covenant and agree that
in case the said contractor shall fail to do per-
form all or any Of the covenants stipulations and
agreements Of said contract on the part Of the
said contractor to be performed Us therein set
forth, the said contractor and his sureties shall
forfeit and pay to the United States OF America
the sum OF twenty thousand dollars, for which
said forfeiture the said contractor and his sure
ties shall be Jointly aud severally liable, as liQu
date" ""'""0es, to be sued for In the name Of the
III tied States.
Ii the DIuuer to whom the first award may be
made should tail to enter into q contract, as
herein provided, then the award may be aunulled
and the contract let to the next lowest RESPONSE
BILE bidder II not deemed too high by the Postmas-
ter General and so on until the required contract
is executed; and such next lowest bidder snail be
required to fulnil every stipulation embraced
herein, as II he were the original party to whom
the contract was awarded. Ecf
The contract Will also provide that n at any
time during its continuance the sureties shall de-
or become irresponsible, the Postmaster General
ehall have the right TO require additional and suf
cient ties which the contractor shall furnish
TO the acceptance OF the Postmaster General
within ten days after notice, and In default
thereof the contract may be an1ulled.
The contract cannot In any case be lawfully
transferred or assigned.
Bids should be securely euvelOped and sealed,
aud addressed to the Third Assistant Postmaster
General, Post Once Department, Washington,
ID. q.
MARSHALL JEWELL,
myls Tu4w Postmaster General.