electric contract form

Rural Utilities Service, USDA

§ 1726.304

issues involved. The standard contract
form or relevant portions thereof may
be appended to the supplementary information section of the notice of rulemaking. As appropriate, the document
shall provide an opportunity for interested persons to provide comments. A
copy of each such FEDERAL REGISTER
document will be sent by regular or
electronic mail to all borrowers.
[63 FR 58287, Oct. 30, 1998]

§ 1726.304 List of electric program
standard contract forms.
(a) General. This section contains a
list of RUS electric program standard
contract forms. Paragraph (c) of this
section contains the list of required
contract forms, i.e., those forms of contracts that borrowers are required to
use by the terms of their RUS loan
agreements as implemented by the provisions of this part. Paragraph (d) of
this section sets forth the list of guidance contract forms, i.e., those forms
of contracts provided as guidance to
borrowers in the construction of their
systems. See § 1726.302(b) for availability of these forms.
(b) Issuance date. Where required by
this part to use a standard form of contract in connection with RUS financing, the borrower shall use that form
identified by issuance date in the List
of Required Contract Forms in paragraph (c) of this section, as most recently published as of the date the borrower issues the bid package to bidders.
(c) List of required contract forms.
(1) RUS Form 168b, Rev. 2–04, Contractor’s Bond. This form is used to obtain a surety bond and is used with
RUS Forms 200, 257, 786, 790, and 830.
(2) RUS Form 168c, Rev. 2–04, Contractor’s Bond (less than $1 million).
This form is used in lieu of RUS Form
168b to obtain a surety bond when contractor’s surety has accepted a Small
Business Administration guarantee.
(3) RUS Form 187, Rev. 2–04, Certificate of Completion, Contract Construction. This form is used for the closeout
of RUS Forms 200, 257, 786, and 830.
(4) RUS Form 198, Rev. 4–04, Equipment Contract. This form is used for
equipment purchases.
(5) RUS Form 200, Rev. 2–04, Construction Contract—Generating. This

form is used for generating plant construction or for the furnishing and installation of major items of equipment.
(6) RUS Form 213, Rev. 2–04, Certificate (‘‘Buy American’’). This form is
used to document compliance with the
‘‘Buy American’’ requirement.
(7) RUS Form 224, Rev. 2–04, Waiver
and Release of Lien. This form is used
for the closeout of RUS Forms 198, 200,
257, 786, 790, and 830.
(8) RUS Form 231, Rev. 2–04, Certificate of Contractor. This form is used
for the closeout of RUS Forms 198, 200,
257, 786, 790, and 830.
(9) RUS Form 238, Rev. 2–04, Construction or Equipment Contract
Amendment. This form is used for
amendments.
(10) RUS Form 254, Rev. 2–04, Construction Inventory. This form is used
for the closeout of RUS Form 830.
Minor electronic modifications are acceptable for RUS Form 254.
(11) RUS Form 257, Rev. 2–04, Contract to Construct Buildings. This form
is used to construct headquarters
buildings and other structure construction.
(12) RUS Form 307, Rev. 2–04, Bid
Bond. This form is used to obtain a bid
bond.
(13) RUS Form 786, Rev. 2–04, Electric
System Communications and Control
Equipment Contract (including installation). This form is used for delivery
and installation of equipment for system communications.
(14) RUS Form 790, Rev. 2–04, Electric
System Construction Contract—NonSite Specific Construction. This form
is used for limited distribution construction accounted for under work
order procedure.
(15) RUS Form 792b, Rev. 2–04, Certificate of Construction and Indemnity
Agreement. This form is used for the
closeout of RUS Form 790.
(16) RUS Form 830, Rev. 2–04, Electric
System
Construction
Contract—
Project Construction. This form is used
for distribution and transmission line
project construction.
(d) List of guidance contract forms.
RUS does not currently publish any
guidance forms for electric borrowers.
[63 FR 58287, Oct. 30, 1998, as amended at 69
FR 7110, Feb. 13, 2004; 69 FR 52595, Aug. 27,
2004]

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