Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-05-19
PROPOSALS.
DROPOSALS FOR SWEEPING AND
Il CLEANING STREETS AND
ALLEHS
ALEXANDRIA, Va, May Is, 1894.

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Sealed proposals will be received at the Au
May %, 1894, for SWEEPING, SPRINK.
LING. and CLEANING PAVED STREETS
and ALLEYS in the city of Alexandria fol
one year from June !, 1894.
Blank forms of proposals and specifications
can be obtained upon application therefor at
said Auditors office, together with all neces-
sary Information, and bids upon these forms
only will be considered
The right is reserved TO reject any and all
bids or parts of bids.
GENERAL. INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS.
Bidders are cautioned to consider these in.
structlons and accompanying stipulations,
| specifications and conditions carefully; they
will be strictly enforced:
i. Proposals must be signed by the bidder
submitting them with his signature in full
When a firm is bidder, the member OF the
firm or agent who signs the firm name to the
proposal shall state, in addition, the names OF
all the individuals composing the firm. Any
one signing the proposal as the agent of an
other. or of Others, must file with it legal evi-
dence of his authority so to do.
>. The place of residence of every bidder
with postoilicc address, county, and State
must be given after his signature. which must
be written in full
3. All prices must he written in words as
well as expressed in figures.
4. Each bid must be accompanied with a
certified check for one hundred dollars drawn
payable to the chairman of the Committee on
Streets. of the city of Alexandria. as a guar
antec that he will enter into the contract, if
awarded to him. according to the terms of his
proposal, within ten days after the notifica-
ton of the award. The checks will be re-
turned to the unsuccessful bidders upon APP
plcation, and to each contractor after the cx-
ccuton of the contract.
5. When awards are made the contractor
will be required To give bond to idcmnify the
city OF Alexandria against all claims for dam
ages for and OF account Of infringement OF
patent rights of any kind or nature whatso-
ever.
u. Alterations by crasurcs or interlineations
must be explained or noted in the proposal
over the signature of the bidder
I. In tho submitting Of proposals the sealed
envelope must be endorsed as to indicate, be.
fore being opened, the particular work fol
which the bid is made; it should then be- en-
closed III another envelope and addressed tc
this office
S. If a bidder wishes to withdraw his pro.
posal, he may do so before the time liked for
the opening without prejudice to himself, by
communicating his purpose in writing to the
Committee on Streets, and when his proposal
is reached it shall be handed to him, or his
authorized agent, unread.
8. Reasonable grounds for supposing that
any bidder is interested in more than one
proposal for the same item will cause the re-
lection of all proposals in which he is in
terestcd.
10. The commit reserve the right to
waive any informality in the proposal re-
ceived, to disregard the proposal of any fail
ing bidder or contractor, and to reject any and
all proposals.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS.
I. Proposals should be addressed to the
Chairman Of the Committee on Streets of the
city of Alexandria, and endorsed Proposals
for Sprinkling, Sweeping and Cleaning Paved
Streets and Alleys
2 Proposals forwarded otherwise than by
mail must be delivered to the Auditor OF the
city of Alexandria.
JAMES z. CATION,
Chairman Committee OH Streets.
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