Payment and Performance Bond Prior to the execution of this Contract, City may require Contractor to post a payment and performance bond (Bond). The Bond shall guarantee Contractor’s faithful performance of this Contract and assure payment to contractors, subcontractors, and to persons furnishing goods and/or services under this Contract.
Payment and Performance Bonds A payment bond and performance is required for a public works contract involving expenditure in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) and no work can be commenced prior to both bonds being approved the County. The Contractor shall furnish, at time of signing the Contract, one surety bond which shall protect the laborers and material men and shall be for $60,000, in accordance with Section 9554 of the Civil Code, and one surety bond in the amount of $60,000, guaranteeing the faithful performance of the Contract. If at any time the value of the total task orders is expected to exceed $60,000, the Contractor shall furnish, in a manner acceptable to the County, evidence that the Contractor is bonded to the expected total value of outstanding task orders for both the faithful performance and laborers and material men bonds. Contractor shall not be entitled to, nor shall County authorize, task orders when the total outstanding value of the task orders under this contract exceeds the bond values for which the County is an obligee. Said bonds to be approved by the office of the County Counsel and the County Executive Office of Orange County. Such bonds shall be the forms provided in these specifications and issued and executed by an admitted surety insurer (authorized to transact surety insurance in California). (e.g., if the bonds are issued through a surplus line broker, both the surplus line broker and the insurer with whom he is doing business for purposes of this project must be licensed in California to issue such bonds.) The faithful performance bond shall be issued by a Surety company with a minimum insurance rating of A- (Secure Best’s Rating) and VIII (Financial Size Category) as determined by the most current edition of the Best’s Key Rating Guide/Property-Casualty/United States or xxxxxx.xxx. The Surety Company must also be authorized to write in California by the Department of the Treasury, and must be listed on the most current edition of the Department of Treasury’s Listing of Approved Securities. If any surety upon any bond furnished in connection with this Contract becomes unacceptable to the County, or if any such surety fails to furnish reports as to his financial condition from time to time as requested by OC Public Works, the Contractor shall promptly furnish such additional security as may be required by OC Public Works or the Board of Supervisors from time to time to protect the interests of the County and of persons supplying labor or materials in the prosecution of the Work contemplated by this Contract. If the County increases the total Contract amount the Contractor is to provide a new bond for the new total Contract amount or a bond for the difference.
Continued Performance The Contractor and Contractor Parties shall continue to Perform their obligations under the Contract while any dispute concerning the Contract is being resolved.
Assignment and Performance Neither this Agreement nor any right or interest herein shall be assigned, transferred, or encumbered without the written consent of the other party. CITY may terminate this Agreement, effective immediately, if there is any assignment, or attempted assignment, transfer, or encumbrance, by CONTRACTOR of this Agreement or any right or interest herein without CITY's written consent. CONTRACTOR represents that each person who will render services pursuant to this Agreement is duly qualified to perform such services by all appropriate governmental authorities, where required, and that each such person is reasonably experienced and skilled in the area(s) for which he or she will render his or her services. CONTRACTOR shall perform its duties, obligations, and services under this Agreement in a skillful and respectable manner. The quality of CONTRACTOR’s performance and all interim and final product(s) provided to or on behalf of CITY shall be comparable to the best local and national standards.
DELIVERY AND PERFORMANCE All work performed under contracts or task orders will be at the highest quality applicable and delivered according to Statement of Objectives (SOO), Statement of Works (SOW), or Performance Work Statements (PWS). The Contractor must deliver and perform according to the requirements of the contract or task order, and may be denied further work for substandard performance. The Government may include deliveries or performance requirements, such as (1) optional clauses, (2) agency clauses, or (3) specific clauses, in a contract or task order.
Excused Performance 6.1 Notwithstanding the occurrence of a Force Majeure Event, in which case Clause 17 will govern, BT will not be liable for any failure or delay to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement (including any of its obligations to meet any Service Levels) to the extent that BT’s failure or delay in performing arises as a result of:
CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE Agencies shall report any Contractor failure to perform according to the requirements of this Contract on Complaint to Vendor, form PUR7017. Should the Contractor fail to correct the problem within a prescribed period of time, then form PUR7029, Request for Assistance, is to be filed with this office.