SF 34 Annual Bid Bond

Date Bond Executed

Annual Bid Bond

(See instructions on Page 2)
Principal (Legal name and business address)

OMB Control Number: 9000-0045
Expiration Date: 8/31/2025
Type of Organization ("X" one)
Partnership
Individual
Joint Venture
Corporation
Other (Specify)
State of Incorporation

Surety(ies) (Name, business address, and state of incorporation)

Agency to Which Bids are to be Submitted
Penal Sum of Bond
Million(s)
Thousand(s)

Hundred(s)

Cent(s)

Bids to be Submitted During Fiscal Year Ending
September 30, 20
Obligation:
We, the Principal and Surety(ies), are firmly bound to the United States of America (hereinafter called the
Government) in the penal sum or sums that is sufficient to indemnify the Government in case of the default
of the Principal as provided herein. For payment of the penal sum or sums, we bind ourselves, our heirs,
executors, administrators, and successors, jointly and severally.
Conditions:
The Principal contemplates submitting bids from time to time during the fiscal year shown above to the
department or agency named above for furnishing supplies or services to the Government. The Principal
desires that all of those bids submitted for opening during the fiscal year be covered by a single bond
instead of by a separate bid bond for each bid.
Therefore:
The above obligation is void and of no effect if the Principal - (a) upon acceptance by the Government of
any such bid within the period specified therein for acceptance (sixty (60) days if no period is specified),
executes the further contractual documents and gives the bond(s) required by the terms of the bid as
accepted within the time specified (ten (10) days if no period is specified) after receipt of forms by the
Principal; or (b) in the event of failure to execute the further contractual documents and give the bond(s),
pays the Government for any cost of acquiring the work which exceeds the amount of the bid.
Witness:
The Principal and Surety(ies) executed this bid bond and affixed their seals on the above date.
Names and Titles (Typed)
Signatures
Principal
Corporate
1.
1.
(Seal)
Authorized For Local Reproduction
Previous Edition Is Not Usable

Seal
STANDARD FORM 34 (REV. 10/2023)
Prescribed by GSA - FAR (48 CFR) 53.228(f)

2.
3.

2.
(Seal)

Corporate
3.

Seal

(Seal)
Individual Sureties
1.

1.
(Seal)

2.

Corporate Surety
1.

2.

(Seal)
1.
Corporate

2.

2.

Seal

Instructions
1. This form is authorized for use in the acquisition of supplies and services, excluding construction, in lieu
of Standard Form 24 (Bid Bond). Any deviation from this form will require the written approval of the
Administrator of General Services.
2. Insert the full legal name and business address of the Principal in the space designated "Principal" on
the face of the form. An authorized person shall sign the bond. Any person signing in a representative
capacity (e.g., an attorney-in-fact) must furnish evidence of authority if that representative is not a member
of the firm, partnership, or joint venture, or an officer of the corporation involved.
3. (a) Corporations executing the bond as sureties must appear on the Department of the Treasury's list of
approved sureties and must act within the limitations listed therein.
(b) When individual sureties are involved, a completed Affidavit of Individual Surety (Standard Form 28)
for each individual surety shall accompany the bond. The Government may require the surety to furnish
additional substantiating information concerning its financial capability.
4. Corporations executing the bond shall affix their corporate seals. Individuals shall execute the bond
opposite the word "Corporate Seal", and shall affix an adhesive seal if executed in Maine, New Hampshire,
or any other jurisdiction requiring adhesive seals.
5. Type the name and title of each person signing this bond in the space provided.
6. In its application to negotiated contracts, the terms "bid" and "bidder" shall include "proposal" and
"offeror."

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