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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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23 sections with “security for bonds”

  • FAR 28.201 Requirements for security.
    (a) Agencies shall obtain adequate security for bonds (including coinsurance and reinsurance agreements) required or used with a contract for supplies or services (including construction). Acceptable forms of security include (1) corporate …
  • FAR 52.228-15 Performance and Payment Bonds—Construction.
    … by the Contracting Officer, but in any event, before starting work. (d) Surety or other security for bonds. The bonds shall be in the form of firm commitment, supported by corporate sureties whose names appear on the list contained in Tre…
  • FAR 28.203-3 Release of security interest.
    (a) After consultation with legal counsel, the contracting officer shall release the security interest on the individual surety's assets using the Optional Form 91, Release of Personal Property from Escrow, or a similar release as soon as p…
  • FAR 32.409-3 Security, supervision, and covenants.
    …or a paramount lien in favor of the Government. This lien may supplement or replace other security requirements. The lien should cover— (1) Supplies being acquired; (2) Any credit balance in the special account in which advance payments a…
  • FAR 37.302 Bonds or other security.
    …the contracting officer may require the contractor to furnish a performance bond or other security (see 28.103) in an amount that the contracting officer considers adequate to (a) ensure completion of the work, (b) protect property to be re…
  • FAR 52.228-16 Performance and Payment Bonds—Other Than Construction.
    …ontained in Treasury Department Circular 570, individual sureties, or by other acceptable security such as postal money order, certified check, cashier's check, irrevocable letter of credit, or, in accordance with Treasury Department regula…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …aking over by the contractor to a bank, trust company, or other financing institution, as security for a loan to the contractor, of its right to be paid by the Government for contract performance. Assisted acquisition means a type of inter…
  • FAR 28.204 Alternatives in lieu of corporate or individual sureties.
    …) Any person required to furnish a bond to the Government may furnish any of the types of security listed in 28.204-1 through 28.204-3 instead of a corporate or individual surety for the bond. When any of those types of security are deposit…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …ts. (i) Compensation based on changes in the prices of corporate securities or corporate security ownership, such as stock options, stock appreciation rights, phantom stock plans, and junior stock conversions. (1) Any compensation which i…
  • FAR 52.228-11 Individual Surety—Pledge of Assets.
    …ond or a payment bond— (1) A pledge of assets that meets the eligibility, valuation, and security requirements described in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 28.203-1; and (2) Standard Form 28, Affidavit of Individual Surety. (b) …
  • DFARS 252.217-7008 Bonds.
    …rnment, the Contracting Officer may require the Contractor to furnish whatever additional security the Contracting Officer determines necessary to protect the interests of the Government and of persons supplying labor or materials in the pe…
  • FAR 22.1702 Definitions.
    …tor of his or her personal services or of those of a person under his or her control as a security for debt, if the value of those services as reasonably assessed is not applied toward the liquidation of the debt or the length and nature of…
  • FAR 28.000 Scope of part.
    … or negotiated methods. It covers bid guarantees, bonds, alternative payment protections, security for bonds, and insurance.
  • FAR 28.204-3 Irrevocable letter of credit.
    …the expiration date of the ILC to cover these claims. (f) The period for which financial security is required shall be as follows: (1) If used as a bid guarantee, the ILC should expire no earlier than 60 days after the close of the bid ac…
  • FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons.
    …tor of his or her personal services or of those of a person under his or her control as a security for debt, if the value of those services as reasonably assessed is not applied toward the liquidation of the debt or the length and nature of…
  • FAR 4.803 Contents of contract files.
    …imate of contract price. (8) A copy of the solicitation and all amendments thereto. (9) Security requirements and evidence of required clearances. (10) A copy of each offer or quotation, the related abstract, and records of determination…
  • FAR 28.001 Definitions.
    …tion, including an offeror under a negotiated acquisition. Bid guarantee means a form of security assuring that the bidder (1) will not withdraw a bid within the period specified for acceptance and (2) will execute a written contract and f…
  • FAR 52.228-14 Irrevocable Letter of Credit.
    … acceptance period; (2) If used as an alternative to corporate or individual sureties as security for a performance or payment bond, the offeror/Contractor may submit an ILC with an initial expiration date estimated to cover the entire per…
  • FAR 28.102-1 General.
    …an acceptable form, executable by the contracting officer. (v) A deposit of the types of security listed in 28.204-1 and 28.204-2. (2) The contractor shall submit to the Government one of the payment protections selected by the contractin…
  • FAR 28.102-2 Amount required.
    …yment protection. (e) Reducing amounts. The contracting officer may reduce the amount of security to support a bond, subject to the conditions of 28.203-3(c) or 28.204(b).
  • FAR 28.106-4 Contract clause.
    (a) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.228-2, Additional Bond Security, in solicitations and contracts when bonds are required. (b) In accordance with section 806(a)(3) of Public Law 102-190, as amended by section 2091 a…
  • FAR 28.203-1 Acceptability of individual sureties.
    … individual surety shall execute the SF 28, Affidavit of Individual Surety, and provide a security interest. One individual surety is adequate support for a bond, provided the net adjusted value of unencumbered assets pledged by that indivi…
  • FAR 42.1204 Applicability of novation agreements.
    … after the transfer of assets, audited by independent accountants. (7) Evidence that any security clearance requirements have been met. (8) The consent of sureties on all contracts listed under paragraph (e)(2) of this section if bonds ar…

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