Subpart 3028.1—Bonds and Other Financial

Protections

Parent topic: PART 3028—BONDS AND INSURANCE

3028.106 Administration.

3028.106-6 Furnishing information.

(b) The contracting officer shall, upon request, furnish the name and address of the prime

contractor's surety or sureties to employees, suppliers, and subcontractors having a contractual or

employment relationship with prime contractors, subcontractors or suppliers. When furnishing

surety information, the inquirer may also be informed that:

(1) Persons believing that they have legal remedies under the Miller Act are cautioned to consult

their own legal advisor regarding the proper steps to take to obtain remedies.

(2) On construction contracts exceeding $2,000, if the contracting officer is informed (through

routine compliance checking, a complaint, or a request for information) that a laborer, mechanic,

apprentice, trainee, watchman, or guard employed by the contractor or subcontractor at any tier

may have been paid wages less than those required by the applicable labor standards provisions of

the contract, the contracting officer shall promptly initiate an investigation in accordance with (FAR)

48 CFR subpart 22.4, irrespective of the employee's rights under the Miller Act. When an employee's

request for information is involved, the contracting officer shall inform the inquirer that such

investigation will be made. Such investigation is required pursuant to the provisions of the DavisBacon Act, Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, and Copeland (Anti-Kickback) Act for

assuring proper payment to such employees.

(c) When furnishing a copy of a payment bond and contract in accordance with (FAR) 48 CFR

28.106–6(c), the requirement for a copy of the contract may be satisfied by furnishing a machineduplicate copy of the contract's cover page, showing the contract number and date, the contractor's

name and signature, the contracting officer's signature, and the description of the contract work.

The contracting officer furnishing the copies shall place the statement “Certified to be a true and

correct copy” followed by a signature, title and name of the Component. The fee for furnishing the

requested certified copies shall be determined according to the DHS Freedom of Information Act

regulation, 6 CFR part 5, subpart B.

3028.106-70 Execution and administration of bonds.

(a) The contracting officer shall notify the surety within 30 days, of the contractor's failure to

perform in accordance with the terms of the contract.

(b) When a partnership is a principal on a bond, the names of all the members of the firm shall be

listed in the bond following the name of the firm, and the phrase “a partnership composed of.” If a

principal is a corporation, the state of incorporation shall also appear on the bond.
(c) Performance or payment bond(s) other than an annual bond shall not predate the contract to

which it pertains.

(d) Bonds may be filed with the original contract to which they apply, or all bonds can be separately

maintained and reviewed quarterly for validity. If separately maintained, each contract file shall

cross-reference the applicable bonds.

3028.106-490 Contract clause (USCG).

For the U.S. Coast Guard, the contracting officer shall insert the USCG clause at (HSAR) 48 CFR

3052.228–90, Notification of Miller Act Payment Bond Protection (USCG), in solicitations and

contracts, and shall require its first-tier subcontractors to insert the clause in all of their

subcontracts, when payment bonds are required.