SF34
Annual Bid Bond
Standard Form 34 (SF 34), Annual Bid Bond, is a bond in which a principal and one or more sureties bind themselves to the United States of America. The form says the principal contemplates submitting bids from time to time during the fiscal year shown to the department or agency named, and wants all of those bids covered by a single bond instead of a separate bid bond for each bid. Its footer prints STANDARD FORM 34 (REV. 10/2023), Prescribed by GSA - FAR (48 CFR) 53.228(f), and GSA hosts a copy in its forms library. GSA's page says the form is intended for use by government contractors and contracting personnel for compliance with and management of financial security requirements in Federal Government contracts.
The instructions say the form is authorized for use in the acquisition of supplies and services, excluding construction, in lieu of Standard Form 24 (Bid Bond), and that any deviation from it will require the written approval of the Administrator of General Services. It carries OMB Control Number 9000-0001, Expiration Date 1/31/2027.
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Date bond executed, the OMB control number and expiration date, the principal's legal name and business address, type of organization (individual, partnership, corporation, joint venture or other) and state of incorporation.
The name, business address and state of incorporation of each surety, and the agency to which bids are to be submitted.
The penal sum of the bond in millions, thousands, hundreds and cents, and the fiscal year ending September 30 during which the bids are to be submitted.
The principal and sureties are bound jointly and severally. The obligation is void if the principal, once a bid is accepted, executes the further contract documents and bonds in time, or pays the Government any cost of acquiring the work that exceeds the bid.
Three principal signature lines, two individual surety lines and two corporate surety lines, each with typed names and titles, a seal and space for a corporate seal.
Page 2 gives six numbered instructions, and page 3 the Paperwork Reduction Act statement for OMB control number 9000-0001.
Insert the full legal name and business address of the principal in the Principal space, and mark one type of organization with an X.
Give each surety's name, business address and state of incorporation, then the agency to which the bids are to be submitted.
Fill in the penal sum boxes and the year in the line for bids to be submitted during the fiscal year ending September 30.
A completed Standard Form 28 accompanies the bond for each individual surety. The form says the Government may require the surety to furnish more information on its financial capability.
Corporations affix their corporate seals. Individuals sign opposite Corporate Seal and affix an adhesive seal if executed in Maine, New Hampshire or any other jurisdiction requiring adhesive seals. Type each signer's name and title.
The Witness paragraph says the principal and sureties executed the bond and affixed their seals on the date shown at the top of the form.
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The PDF gives no filing address. The bond names the agency to which bids are to be submitted and covers the bids submitted for opening during the fiscal year shown.
If a bid names no period, the form uses sixty (60) days for acceptance, and ten (10) days after receipt of the forms by the principal to execute the further contract documents and bonds.
The instructions say the form is authorized for supplies and services, excluding construction, in lieu of Standard Form 24 (Bid Bond).
The form says that in its application to negotiated contracts, the terms bid and bidder include proposal and offeror.
The Paperwork Reduction Act statement says to send only comments on its time estimate to U.S. General Services Administration, Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street, NW, Washington, DC 20405.
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The footer prints STANDARD FORM 34 (REV. 10/2023), Prescribed by GSA - FAR (48 CFR) 53.228(f). GSA hosts it in its forms library, and the form carries OMB Control Number 9000-0001.
The form says it covers all the bids a principal submits for opening during one fiscal year with a single bond, instead of a separate bid bond for each bid. Its instructions say it is used in lieu of Standard Form 24 (Bid Bond).
The instructions say it is authorized for use in the acquisition of supplies and services, excluding construction.
The form says corporate sureties appear on the Department of the Treasury's list of approved sureties and act within its limitations. Each individual surety comes with a completed Standard Form 28.
Sixty (60) days for acceptance of the bid, and ten (10) days after the principal receives the forms to execute the further contract documents and bonds.
The form says that in its application to negotiated contracts, the terms bid and bidder include proposal and offeror.
The Paperwork Reduction Act statement estimates 1 hour to read the instructions, gather the facts and answer the questions.
