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31 sections with “sureties”

  • FAR 28.202 Acceptability of corporate sureties.
    (a)(1) Corporate sureties offered for bonds furnished with contracts performed in the United States or its outlying areas must appear on the list contained in the Department of the Treasury's Listing of Approved Sureties (Treasury Departmen…
  • FAR 28.203-1 Acceptability of individual sureties.
    …y requirements of Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service. Per 31 U.S.C. 9310, individual sureties must pledge eligible obligations, which Treasury refers to as acceptable collateral or eligible collateral. A list of acceptable assets, enti…
  • FAR 28.203-5 Exclusion of individual sureties.
    …anagement (see 9.404). (d) Contracting officers shall not accept the bonds of individual sureties whose names appear in an active exclusion record in the System for Award Management (see 9.404) unless the acquiring agency's head or a desig…
  • FAR 28.204 Alternatives in lieu of corporate or individual sureties.
    …rm pledging the security in lieu of execution of the bond form by corporate or individual sureties. The contractor shall execute the bond forms as the principal. Agencies shall establish safeguards to protect against loss of the security an…
  • FAR 28.203 Individual sureties.
  • FAR 52.243-1 Changes—Fixed-Price.
    … (a) The Contracting Officer may at any time, by written order, and without notice to the sureties, if any, make changes within the general scope of this contract in any one or more of the following: (2) Drawings, designs, or specification…
  • FAR 52.243-2 Changes—Cost-Reimbursement.
    … (a) The Contracting Officer may at any time, by written order, and without notice to the sureties, if any, make changes within the general scope of this contract in any one or more of the following: (1) Drawings, designs, or specification…
  • FAR 52.249-10 Default (Fixed-Price Construction).
    …ces, and plant on the work site necessary for completing the work. The Contractor and its sureties shall be liable for any damage to the Government resulting from the Contractor's refusal or failure to complete the work within the specified…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ebt, default, or failure of a principal to satisfy a contractual obligation. The types of sureties referred to are as follows: (1) An individual surety is one person, as distinguished from a business entity, who is liable for the entire pe…
  • FAR 28.106-6 Furnishing information.
    …he 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 info…
  • FAR 28.201 Requirements for security.
    …including construction). Acceptable forms of security include (1) corporate or individual sureties or (2) any of the types of security authorized in lieu of sureties by 28.204. (b) Solicitations shall not preclude offerors from using the t…
  • FAR 52.228-15 Performance and Payment Bonds—Construction.
    …rity for bonds. The bonds shall be in the form of firm commitment, supported by corporate sureties whose names appear on the list contained in Treasury Department Circular 570, individual sureties, or by other acceptable security such as po…
  • FAR 52.228-16 Performance and Payment Bonds—Other Than Construction.
    …nal bonds. (e) The bonds shall be in the form of firm commitment, supported by corporate sureties whose names appear on the list contained in Treasury Department Circular 570, individual sureties, or by other acceptable security such as po…
  • FAR 4.803 Contents of contract files.
    …id, performance, payment, or other bond documents, or a reference thereto, and notices to sureties. (31) Report of postaward conference. (32) Notice to proceed, stop orders, and any overtime premium approvals granted at the time of award.…
  • FAR 9.405 Effect of listing.
    …, proposed for debarment, or voluntarily excluded, are excluded from acting as individual sureties (see part 28). (e)(1) After the opening of bids or receipt of proposals or quotes, the contracting officer shall review the exclusion record…
  • FAR 14.404-1 Cancellation of invitations after opening.
    …expiration of their bids, to extend in writing the bid acceptance period (with consent of sureties, if any) in order to avoid the need for resoliciting. (e) Under some circumstances, completion of the acquisition after cancellation of the …
  • FAR 19.602-1 Referral.
    …ity, credit, integrity, perseverance, tenacity, and limitations on subcontracting but for sureties see 28.101-3(f) and 28.203-1(e)), the contracting officer shall— (1) Withhold contract award (see 19.602-3); and (2) Refer the matter to th…
  • FAR 28.001 Definitions.
    …xecuted by a bidder or contractor (the “principal”), and a second party (“the surety” or “sureties”) (except as provided in 28.204), to assure fulfillment of the principal's obligations to a third party (the “obligee” or “Government”), iden…
  • FAR 28.106-3 Additional bond and security.
    …al bond coverage is required and is secured in whole or in part by the original surety or sureties, agencies shall use Standard Form 1415, Consent of Surety and Increase of Penalty. Standard Form 1415 is authorized for local reproduction. …
  • FAR 28.200 Scope of subpart.
    This subpart prescribes procedures for the use of sureties and other security to protect the Government from financial losses.
  • FAR 28.204-1 United States bonds or notes.
    …red to furnish a bond to the Government has the option, instead of furnishing a surety or sureties on the bond, of depositing certain United States bonds or notes in an amount equal at their par value to the penal sum of the bond (the Act o…
  • FAR 28.204-2 Certified or cashiers checks, bank drafts, money orders, or currency.
    …urrency, in an amount equal to the penal sum of the bond, instead of furnishing surety or sureties on the bonds. Those furnishing checks, drafts, or money orders shall draw them to the order of the appropriate Federal agency.
  • FAR 28.204-3 Irrevocable letter of credit.
    …e of the bid 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 th…
  • FAR 32.304-7 Contract surety bonds and loan guarantees.
    …s shall also depend on the establishment of a reasonable allocation agreement between the sureties and the financing institution. The agreement should give the financing institution the benefit, with regard to payments to be made on the con…
  • FAR 42.1204 Applicability of novation agreements.
    … (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 are required, or a statement from the transferor that none are requir…
  • FAR 52.228-1 Bid Guarantee.
    … the form of a firm commitment, e.g., bid bond supported by good and sufficient surety or sureties acceptable to the Government, postal money order, certified check, cashier's check, irrevocable letter of credit, or, under Treasury Departme…
  • FAR 52.228-14 Irrevocable Letter of Credit.
    …e of the bid 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 th…
  • FAR 52.243-3 Changes—Time-and-Materials or Labor-Hours.
    … (a) The Contracting Officer may at any time, by written order, and without notice to the sureties, if any, make changes within the general scope of this contract in any one or more of the following: (1) Description of services to be perfo…
  • FAR 52.243-4 Changes.
    … Changes (JUN 2007) (a) The Contracting Officer may, at any time, without notice to the sureties, if any, by written order designated or indicated to be a change order, make changes in the work within the general scope of the contract, in…
  • DFARS 232.805 Procedure.
    …signee; and (D) Advise the contracting officer of the assignment. (ii) To the surety or sureties, if any, a true copy of the instrument of assignment and an original and three copies of the notice of assignment. The surety shall return th…
  • DFARS 252.217-7003 Changes.
    …hanges (DEC 1991) (a) The Contracting Officer may, at any time and without notice to the sureties, by written change order, make changes within the general scope of any job order issued under the Master Agreement in— (1) Drawings, designs…

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Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.