National Republican., 1875-06-15
PROPOSALS
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DROPOSALS FOR POST OFFICE ENVEL-
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Posi- oTTIcK pEPARrMENT,

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| PROPOSALS. FOR oP3s P3sT OFFICE ENVEL
Posi- OTTIcx DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON, d. O., MayIT, 1875. s
III ESS'ia istS DAY % june
| 1875, at II O'Clock m, for furnishing, In such
the foiioWinE ing a d.scPtbed n e Posi- Ones Enysiops
during the fiscal year ending June 80 1876, to wit
FOR OFFICIAL LETTERS AND RETURNS
No: 1.siIs, * BY 51 inches. Estimated mum.
No 1sl.s' S4 a0d b s'S nOhss Estimated mum
No; SsiEs, 8 1919 by sS inches. Estimated
number required, 1000 900.
No. -siie, ~ BY l0II inches. Estimated nun
Der required, 400, 900.
FOR RETURNING DEAD LETTERS.
Size, 81 BY 6S inches. Estimated number re-
FOR REGISTERED PACKAGES.
Size, BY 1o1z inches. Estimated number re-
Quired, 5,000, 900.
bidders. The Department may require more or
less Of each kind, as the service may demand.
No registsred-packaRe envelopes Wtll be re-
CURED before the LIST day Of September, but the
delivery Of the other kinds Of envelopes Is ex-
pected to commence on the LIST day Of July.
Bios must be made for each kind of envelope
arately, and the contract Will be awarded 70 the
lowest responsible bidder for all the envelopes
reference to registered package envel 0pes) the
prices to be calculated on the foregoing esti-
mates.
Samples Of the different sizes 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 and make 10 the sam
pies; the cunning on the hAps or lappets to be
must be banded in parcels OF twenty. ave, 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 $50 Of
sizes Nos. and 2 and not less than 100 Of the
other s1Ies, or otherwise, as may be ordered; the
boxes to be wrapped In strong manila paper and
by mail to postmssters. When required to be
delivered St the Department the wrapping may
be dispensed vi, b, in the discretion Of the Post
master General
When 2OeO or more envelopes sre 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
cases and properly addressed; but when less than
1000 required to be sent by mail, proper labels
Of direction must be placed on each package; all
charge.
titles as may from time to time be required to fill
the orders Of postmAsters or Of the Department,
and be delivered either at the post ofice in the
city where the accepted bidder resides at this
Department, as the Postmaster General may d.
rect free Of cost for packing, labelling and delV-
and supervision Of an agent Of the Department.
All the envelopes herein described must bear
such printing as the Postmaster General may
be required to be printed in Vermllion or some
the sample.
With the view Of obtaining, If possible, better
and more secure registered package envelope,
proposals are invited for envelopes Of improved
pattern different from the sample. Proposals for
such improved patterns, If patented, must con-
tain prOvisO giving the Department the right
to use the improvement at specified rate per
beyond the expiration of the present contract
term, at the option Of the Postmaster General.
Should an acceptable registered package envsl-
OPe Of new design be offered, the contract 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 viii not be required to pay roy
atty on envelopes manufactured from the samples
furnished by the Department.
The Postmaster General reserves the right to
interests Of the Government require 1t; also the
right to snnul the contract IT, in his opinion there
shall be failure at any time to perform faith
attempt to impose upon the Department enyeI-
opes inferior to those now in use.
Each proposal must be signed by the individual
or partnership making 1t; and when made by
partnership, the name each partner thereof must
be disclosed, and It must be accompanied by
after being called upon to do SO, execute 9 con-
tract TO furnish promptly and in quantities as or
dered, the article or articles to be furnished by
him, the responsibility and sufaciency 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 coutrac
tor and his sureties shall covenant and agree that
in case the said contractor shall fail to do or per-
form all or any of the covenants stipulsttons and
agreements Of said contract on the part OF the
said contractor to be performed as 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 and severally liable lqut-
dated damages, to be sued for in the name Of the
United States.
II the bidder to whom the first award may be
made should fail to enter into 8 contract, as
herein provided, then the award may be annuled,
and the contract let to the next lowest RESPONSE
BILE bidder, If not deemed too high by the Postmas-
ter General and so until the required contract
is executed; and such next lowest bidder shall be
required to fulfill every stipulation embraced
herein, ds II he were the original party to whom
the contract was awarded.
The contract will also provide that II at any
time during its continuance the suretes shall die,
or become irresponsible, the Postmaster General
shall have the right to require additional and suf-
cient sureties, 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 RnnulIed.
The contract cannot in any case be lawfully
transferred or assigned.
Bids should be securely envelpped and sealed,
and addressed to the Third Assistant Postmaster
General, Post Ofhce Department, Washington,
d. G..
MARSHALL JEWELL,
mYlS Tu4w Postmaster General.