Certain Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 28 Requirements: 52.228-1, 52.228-2, 52.228-11, 52.228-13 thru 52.228-17, (SF) 24, 25, 25-A, 25-B, 28, 34, 35, 273, 274, 275, 1414, 1415, 1416, and 1418

Forms and Documents

Forms and supporting documents for this ICR

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Form SF 1418 Performance Bond for Other than Construction Contracts	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form SF 1416 Payment Bond for Other than Construction Contracts	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form SF 1415 Consent of Surety and Increase of Penalty	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form SF 1414 Consent of Surety	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form SF 275 Reinsurance Agreement in Favor of the United States	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form SF 274 Reinsurance Agreement for a Bonds Statute Payment Bond	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form SF 273 Reinsurance Agreement for a Bonds Statute Performance Bond	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form SF 35 Annual Performance Bond	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form SF 34 Annual Bid Bond	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form SF 25B Continuation Sheet for Standard Forms 24, 25 and 25A	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form SF 25A Payment Bond	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form SF 25 Performance Bond	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form SF 24 Bid Bond	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form SF-28 Affidavit Of Individual Surety	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Public Comment_9000-0001.pdf	Public Comments	Uploaded 2026-09-08	Available
2026.09.09_9000-0001 PRA Supporting Statement Part A.docx	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2026-10-01	Available

IC Document Collections

Information collection document groups

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
36373	SFs 24 and 34; SFs 1414 and 1415; SFs 25, 25-A, 25-B, 273, and 274; SFs 35, 275, 1416, and 1418	Form and Instruction	Modified	Performance Bond for Other than Construction Contracts
36373	SFs 24 and 34; SFs 1414 and 1415; SFs 25, 25-A, 25-B, 273, and 274; SFs 35, 275, 1416, and 1418	Form and Instruction	Modified	Payment Bond for Other than Construction Contracts
36373	SFs 24 and 34; SFs 1414 and 1415; SFs 25, 25-A, 25-B, 273, and 274; SFs 35, 275, 1416, and 1418	Form and Instruction	Modified	Consent of Surety and Increase of Penalty
36373	SFs 24 and 34; SFs 1414 and 1415; SFs 25, 25-A, 25-B, 273, and 274; SFs 35, 275, 1416, and 1418	Form and Instruction	Modified	Consent of Surety
36373	SFs 24 and 34; SFs 1414 and 1415; SFs 25, 25-A, 25-B, 273, and 274; SFs 35, 275, 1416, and 1418	Form and Instruction	Modified	Reinsurance Agreement in Favor of the United States
36373	SFs 24 and 34; SFs 1414 and 1415; SFs 25, 25-A, 25-B, 273, and 274; SFs 35, 275, 1416, and 1418	Form and Instruction	Modified	Reinsurance Agreement for a Bonds Statute Payment Bond
36373	SFs 24 and 34; SFs 1414 and 1415; SFs 25, 25-A, 25-B, 273, and 274; SFs 35, 275, 1416, and 1418	Form and Instruction	Modified	Reinsurance Agreement for a Bonds Statute Performance Bond
36373	SFs 24 and 34; SFs 1414 and 1415; SFs 25, 25-A, 25-B, 273, and 274; SFs 35, 275, 1416, and 1418	Form and Instruction	Modified	Annual Performance Bond
36373	SFs 24 and 34; SFs 1414 and 1415; SFs 25, 25-A, 25-B, 273, and 274; SFs 35, 275, 1416, and 1418	Form and Instruction	Modified	Annual Bid Bond
36373	SFs 24 and 34; SFs 1414 and 1415; SFs 25, 25-A, 25-B, 273, and 274; SFs 35, 275, 1416, and 1418	Form and Instruction	Modified	Continuation Sheet for Standard Forms 24, 25 and 25A
36373	SFs 24 and 34; SFs 1414 and 1415; SFs 25, 25-A, 25-B, 273, and 274; SFs 35, 275, 1416, and 1418	Form and Instruction	Modified	Payment Bond
36373	SFs 24 and 34; SFs 1414 and 1415; SFs 25, 25-A, 25-B, 273, and 274; SFs 35, 275, 1416, and 1418	Form and Instruction	Modified	Performance Bond
36373	SFs 24 and 34; SFs 1414 and 1415; SFs 25, 25-A, 25-B, 273, and 274; SFs 35, 275, 1416, and 1418	Form and Instruction	Modified	Bid Bond
263701	Individual Surety-Pledge of Assets; FAR 52.228-17, Individual Surety-Pledge of Assets (Bid Guarantee); and SF 28, Affidavit of Individual Surety	Form and Instruction	Modified	Affidavit Of Individual Surety

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 9000-0001	ICR Reference No: 202610-9000-002
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202404-9000-005
Agency/Subagency: FAR	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Certain Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 28 Requirements: 52.228-1, 52.228-2, 52.228-11, 52.228-13 thru 52.228-17, (SF) 24, 25, 25-A, 25-B, 28, 34, 35, 273, 274, 275, 1414, 1415, 1416, and 1418
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 10/01/2026

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	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	01/31/2027
Responses	22,926	14,269
Time Burden (Hours)	22,912	14,255
Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,649,662	955,085

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Abstract: This clearance covers the information that offerors or contractors must submit to comply with the following FAR requirements: a. FAR 52.228-1, Bid Guarantee. This provision (or clause) requires offerors or contractors to furnish a bid guarantee in the proper form and amount when a performance bond or a performance and payment bond is also required. (SF 24, Bid Bond; SF 34, Annual Bid Bond). b. FAR 52.228-2, Additional Bond Security. This clause requires contractors to furnish additional bond security under certain circumstances. This clause is used both for construction and other than construction contracts. (SF 1414 Consent of Surety and SF 1415, Consent of Surety and Increase of Penalty). c. FAR 52.228-13, Alternative Payment Protections. This clause requires contractors to submit one of the payment protections listed in the clause by the contracting officer, in construction contracts greater than $35,000 but not exceeding $150,000. d. FAR 52.228-14, Irrevocable Letter of Credit. This clause requires offerors or contractors to provide certain information when they intend to use an irrevocable letter of credit (ILC) in lieu of a required bid bond, or to secure other types of required bonds such as performance and payment bonds. This clause is required in solicitations and contracts when a bid guarantee, or performance bond, or performance and payment bonds are required. e. FAR 52.228-15, Performance and Payment Bonds-Construction. This clause requires contractors to provide performance and payment bonds in construction contracts exceeding $150,000 (SF 25, Performance Bond; SF 25-A, Payment Bond; SF 25-B, Continuation Sheet (for SF's 24, 25, and 25-A); SF 273, Reinsurance Agreement for a Bonds Statute Performance Bond; SF 274, Reinsurance Agreement for a Bonds Statute Payment Bond). f. FAR 52.228-16, Performance and Payment Bonds-Other Than Construction. This clause requires contractors to furnish performance and payment bonds for other than construction contracts exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold only in certain circumstances. (SF 35, Annual Performance Bond; SF 275, Reinsurance Agreement in Favor of the United States; SF 1416, Payment Bond for Other Than Construction Contracts; SF 1418, Performance Bond for Other Than Construction Contracts). g. FAR 52.228-11, Individual Surety—Pledge of Assets; FAR 52.228-17, Individual Surety—Pledge of Assets (Bid Guarantee); and Standard Form (SF) 28, Affidavit of Individual Surety. The FAR clause at 52.228-11 and the FAR provision at 52.228-17 require the submission of the SF 28. This form is used by all executive agencies to obtain information from individuals wishing to serve as sureties to Government bonds. Offerors and contractors may use an individual surety as security for bonds required under a solicitation or contract for supplies or services (including construction). It is an elective decision on the part of the offeror or contractor to use individual sureties instead of other available sources of surety or sureties for Government bonds.

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Authorizing Statute(s): None

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	91 FR 30306	05/22/2026
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	91 FR 62517	10/01/2026
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 2

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IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Individual Surety-Pledge of Assets; FAR 52.228-17, Individual Surety-Pledge of Assets (Bid Guarantee); and SF 28, Affidavit of Individual Surety	SF-28	Affidavit Of Individual Surety
SFs 24 and 34; SFs 1414 and 1415; SFs 25, 25-A, 25-B, 273, and 274; SFs 35, 275, 1416, and 1418	SF 35, SF 1415, SF 24, SF 25, SF 25A, SF 25B, SF 34, SF 273, SF 274, SF 275, SF 1414, SF 1416, SF 1418	Bid Bond ,   Performance Bond ,   Payment Bond ,   Continuation Sheet for Standard Forms 24, 25 and 25A ,   Annual Bid Bond ,   Annual Performance Bond ,   Reinsurance Agreement for a Bonds Statute Performance Bond ,   Reinsurance Agreement for a Bonds Statute Payment Bond ,   Reinsurance Agreement in Favor of the United States ,   Consent of Surety ,   Consent of Surety and Increase of Penalty ,   Payment Bond for Other than Construction Contracts ,   Performance Bond for Other than Construction Contracts

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ICR Summary of Burden

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	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	22,926	14,269	0	8,657	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	22,912	14,255	0	8,657	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,649,662	955,085	0	694,577	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This extension includes adjustments to the public and Government burden estimates based on the following: ● The estimated number of respondents and responses per year is based on the historical average of procurement data in SAM.gov for the three most recent fiscal years 2023 through 2025. ● The estimated cost per hour is based on use of the calendar year 2026 OPM GS wage rate for the rest of the United States.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $413,748

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

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Common Form ICR:  No

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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).

The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(i) Why the information is being collected;

(ii) Use of information;

(iii) Burden estimate;

(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);

(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and

(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.

Certification Date: 10/01/2026

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