KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That we, the PRINCIPAL and SURETY above named, are held and firmly bound unto the United States of America, hereinafter called the Government, in the penal 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 severally, firmly by these presents. 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 promptly make payment to all persons supplying labor and material in the prosecution of the work provided for in said contract, and any and all duly authorized modifications of said contract that may hereafter be made, notice of which modifications to the surety 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. SPECIMEN INDIVIDUAL PRINCIPAL (SEAL] as to {SEAL) as to [SEAL] as to [SEAL] INDIVIDUAL SURETY as to [SEAL] [SEAL] as to of said who signed the said bond on behalf of the principal, was then corporation; that I know his signature, and his signature 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. INSTRUCTIONS COMEN 1. This form, for the protection of persons supplying labor and material, shall be used whenever a payment bond is required under the act of August 24, 1935, 49 Stat. 793, as amended (40 U. S. C. 270a-270e). It may also be used in any other case in which a payment bond is to be required. There shall be no deviation from this form except as authorized the General Services Administration. 2. The surety on the bond may be any corporation authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury to act as surety, or two responsible individuak sureties. Where individual sureties are used, this bond must be accompanied by a completed Affidavit of Individual Surety for each individual surety (Standard Form 28). 3. The name, including full Christian name, and business or residence address 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. If the principal or surety is a corporation, the name of the State in which incorporated shall be inserted in the space provided therefor, 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 herein provided. In lieu of such certificate there may be attached to the bond copies of so much of the records of the corporation 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. $1-16.901-26 Standard Form 26: Award (Supply Contract). 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. § 1-16.901-27 Standard Form 27: Performance Bond, Corporate Co-Surety Form. (a) Page 1 of Standard Form 27. 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 penal 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 severally, 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: STANDARD FORM 27 NOVEMBER 1950 EDITION SPECIMEN 16-47632-2 (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. |