FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 28: Bonds and Insurance › Subpart 28.1
FAR 28.106-6 Furnishing information.
The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.
In plain English
This section explains how and when contracting officers must provide information about payment bonds to sureties, subcontractors, suppliers, and others who have furnished labor or materials. It requires the government to share details such as the surety's name and address, bond amount, and a copy of the bond upon request, and may also provide progress and payment information. This matters because it helps subcontractors and suppliers protect their rights to payment under a payment bond.
Applies to: Contracting officers and parties involved with payment bonds on federal contracts
What it requires
- Upon request, furnish the name and address of the surety or sureties to any subcontractor or supplier who has furnished or been requested to furnish labor or material for the contract.
- When a payment bond has been provided, furnish a certified copy of the bond and the contract to any person who requests it and provides an affidavit that they supplied labor or materials and have not been paid, or that they are being sued on the bond.
- Upon written or oral request of a subcontractor/supplier or prospective subcontractor/supplier, promptly provide the name and address of the surety or sureties on the payment bond, the penal amount of the payment bond, and a copy of the payment bond.
Key terms: surety · payment bond · contracting officer · subcontractor · supplier
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(a) The surety on the bond, upon its written request, may be furnished information on the progress of the work, payments, and the estimated percentage of completion, concerning the contract for which the bond was furnished.
(b) When a payment bond has been provided, the contracting officer shall, upon request, furnish the name and address of the surety or sureties to any subcontractor or supplier who has furnished or been requested to furnish labor or material for the contract. In addition, general information concerning the work progress, payments, and the estimated percentage of completion may be furnished to persons who have provided labor or materials and have not been paid.
(c) When a payment bond has been provided for a contract, the head of the agency or designee shall furnish a certified copy of the bond and the contract for which it was given to any person who makes a request therefor and who furnishes an affidavit that the requestor has supplied labor or materials for such work and payment therefor has not been made or that the requestor is being sued on such bond. The person who makes the request shall be required to pay such costs of preparation as determined by the head of the agency or designee to be reasonable and appropriate (see 40 U.S.C. 3133).
(d) Section 806(a)(2) of Public Law 102-190, as amended by sections 2091 and 8105 of Public Law 103-355 (10 U.S.C. 4601 note prec.), requires that the Federal Government provide information to subcontractors on payment bonds under contracts for other than commercial products or commercial services as defined in subpart 2.1. Upon the written or oral request of a subcontractor/supplier, or prospective subcontractor/supplier, under a contract with respect to which a payment bond has been furnished pursuant to the Bonds statute, the contracting officer shall promptly provide to the requester, either orally or in writing, as appropriate, any of the following:
(1) Name and address of the surety or sureties on the payment bond.
(2) Penal amount of the payment bond.
(3) Copy of the payment bond. The contracting officer may impose reasonable fees to cover the cost of copying and providing a copy of the payment bond.
← 28.106-5 Consent of surety. · 28.106-7 Withholding contract payments. →
Rule changes for FAR Part 28
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul Parts 14, 28, 36, and 52 ↗ · proposed 2026-09-18 · comments due 2026-10-19
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2024-04-22 · effective 2024-05-22
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.