National Republican., 1876-05-24
PROPOSALS
DROPoSALS FOR POST OFFICE EN-
l. VELOPES.
PosT OFFICE DEPARTMyST,l .

| EJhOEooALS fOh HOSl OtflCh EN-
PosT OFFIcE DErARrMgST,l
S.., WASHINGTON, D. G., May Il. $50
| partment until TUESDAY, the 10Th day of June,
lS76 at u O'Clock for furnishing in such guam
following described Post Once Envelopes during
the fiscal year ending June 90, 1877, to wit:
FOR OFFICIAL LETTERS AND RETURNS.
No; l.size, "a by 5]E inches. Estimated num-
No: 21size, $H by S3s inches. Estimated num-
No. S.-siEe, ISIS by So inches. Estimated
number required, 1000 100.
| No. 4-sile, "a by lO5l inches. Estimated num-
Der required 10000.
FOR RETURNING DEAD LETTERS.
Size, ;iE BY t& inches. Estimated number re-
FOR REGISTERED PACKAGES.
Size, BY loN inches Estimated number re-
The estimates given are intended as a guide to
bidders The Department may require more or
Bids must be made for each kind of envelope
(offcal, dead-letter and registered -package) sep
arately, and the contract will he awarded to the
lowest responsible bidder for all the envelopes 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 he furnished application to the Third
Assistant Postmaster General
The envelopes must strictly conform in size,
quality OF paper, cumming and mako to the
be done in the best msnner The envelopes lesI must
be banded in parcels of twenty FIVE, packed in
strong pasteboard or straw boxes, securely bound
edges, eachto contain not less than $50 Of sizes ICES
Nos. and 2, and not less than 100 of the other
to be wrapped in strong manila paper, and prop
erly scaled, so as to bear safe transportation by
mail TO Postmasters. When required to be dellV-
cred at the Department the wrapping may be dis
pensed with, in the discretion of the Postmaster
General
When 200 or more envelopes are required to
kP nrfP OFa G yvha lar, otg
are ordered to be sent to the Post Office Depart
ment, they must be packed in strong wooden
cases and properly addressed; but when less than
1900 required to be sent by mail 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 quan-
titles as may from time to time be required 10 fill
and be delivered either at the post ofice in the
city where the accepted bidder resides, or at this
Department, as the Postmaster General may di-
rect free of cost for packing, labelling and deliv
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 d.
rect, and the registered-package envelopes will
be required to be printed in vermilion or some
other approved brilliant color, equal to that on
the sample.
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 if in his Judgment the in
right to annul the contract r. in his opinion, there
shall be failure at any time to perform faithfully
any Of its stipulatons or in case of willfql at.
tempt TO impose upon the Department envelopes
inferior to those now in use.
Each proposal must be signed by the Individual
or partnership making it; and when made by a
partnership, The name Of each partner thereof
must be disclosed, and it must be accompanied by
a guaranty that the bidder shall, within ten days
after being called upon TO do So execute con-
tract TO furnish promptly, and in quantities
dered, the article articles to be furnished by
him, the responsibility and suf1ciency of the sign
10 such guaranty to be certified to by the post
master or United States attorney where the bid
der resides; in which contract the contractor and
his suretes shall covenant and agree that in case
the said contractor shall fail to DO perform all
or any of the! covenants, stipulatiOns and agree
ments of said contract the part of the said con-
tractor 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 contra ctor and his suretes shall he Jointly
and seyerally liable, as liqudated damages to be
sued for in the name of the United States
Ifthe bidder TO whom the first award may be
made should fail to enter into a contract as here
tofOre provided, then the award may be annulled,
and the contract let TO the next lowest respOnsi-
bic bidder, if not deemed too high by the Post
master General, and so on until the required con-
tract is executed; and such next lowest bidder
shall be required 10 fulfill every stipulation en-
braced herein as il 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 su
ficent suretes 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 annulled.
The contract cannot in any case be lawfully
transferred or assigned.
marked proposals for Post Office Envelopes"
and addressed to the Third Assistant Postmaster
General, Post Once Department, Washington,
my2Mt Postmaster General.