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§ 1-16.901-26 Standard Form 26: Award (Supply Contract).

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Your bid on the above numbered Invitation for Bids is hereby accepted as to the items enumerated below with the additions or changes made by you, which additions or changes are set forth in full below.

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§ 1-16.901-27

Standard Form 27: Performance Bond, Corporate Co-Surety Form.

(a) Page 1 of Standard Form 27.

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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That we, the PRINCIPAL above named, and the Corporations hereinafter designated as SURETY A to SURETY inclusive, as SURETIES, are held and firmly bound unto the United States of America, hereinafter called the Government, in the pen al sum of the amount stated above, for the payment of which sum well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, administrators, and successors, jointly and sev erally, firmly by these presents: Provided, That we the sureties bind ourselves in such sum "jointly and severally" as well as "severally" only for the purpose of allowing a joint action or actions against any or all of us, and for all other purposes each surety binds itself, jointly and severally with the principal, for the payment of such sum only as is set forth opposite its name in the following schedule:

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(b) Page 2 of Standard Form 27.

THE CONDITION OF THIS OBLIGATION IS SUCH, that whereas the principal entered into a certain contract with the Government, numbered and dated as shown above and hereto attached;

NOW THEREFORE, if the principal shall well and truly perform and fulfill all the undertakings, covenants, terms, conditions, and agreements of said contract during the original term of said contract and any extensions thereof that may be granted by the Government, with or without notice to the sureties, and during the life of any guaranty required under the contract, and shall also well and truly perform and fulfill all the undertakings, covenants, terms, conditions, and agreements of any and all duly authorized modifications of said contract, that may hereafter be made, notice of which modifications to the sureties being hereby waived, then, this obligation to be void; otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the above-bounden parties have executed this instrument under their several seals on the date indicated above, the name and corporate seal of each corporate party being hereto affixed and these presents duly signed by its undersigned representative, pursuant to authority of its governing body.

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corporation; that I know his signature, and his signatke thereto is genuine; and that said bond was duly signed, sealed, and attested for and in behalf of said corporation by authority of its governing body.

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1. This form shall be used for construction work or the furnishing of supplies or services whenever a performance bond is required and two or more corporate sureties authorized by the Secretary of the Treas. ury to act as surety, each limiting its Habity portion only of the total penalty, are to execute the bond.

There shall be no deviation from this tom except as authorized by the General Services Administration. 2. The letter, such as B, F, or, applicable to the last surety listed in the schedule, must be inserted in the space indicated in the body of the bond. In cases involving only two sureties the word "to" following “Surety A” should be changed to "and by interlineation, and the word "inclusive" should be stricken. When more than 11 sureties are to execute the bond, attach Standard Form 27B, Continuation Sheet, and identify sureties beginning with "L" on the first sheet.

3. The name, including full Christian name, and residence of each individual party to the bond shall be inserted in the space provided therefor, and each such party shall sign the bond with his usual signature on the line opposite the scroll seal, and if signed in Maine or New Hampshire, an adhesive seal shall be affixed opposite the signature.

4. If the principals are partners, their individual names shall appear in the space provided therefor, with the recital that they are partners composing a firm, naming it, and all the members of the firm shall execute the bond as individuals.

5. The name of the State in which each surety is incorporated and the State of incorporation of the principal, if a corporation, shall be inserted in the appropriate place in the bond, and said instrument shall be executed and attested under the corporate seal as indicated in the form. If the corporation has no corporate seal the fact shall be stated, in which case a scroll or adhesive seal shall appear following the corporate name.

6. The official character and authority of the person or persons executing the bond for the principal, if a corporation, shall be certified by the secretary or assistant secretary, according to the form set forth above. In lieu of such certificate there may be attached to the bond copies of so much of the records of the cor. poration as will show the official character and authority of the officer signing, duly certified by the secretary or assistant secretary, under the corporate seal, to be true copies.

7. The date of this bond must not be prior to the date of the instrument in connection with which it is given.

U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 16-47533-0

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