What happens if you don’t use a performance bond?
If there was no performance bond, the worker is liable for all of your costs – rebuilding the factory and restocking it with new animals. If you didn’t have insurance, this would spell disaster! However, if you had a performance bond then you’d only need to pay that amount immediately.
You can use this insurance scheme to ensure that you’re not overpaying for cover. Insurance companies love them because they get their money back when your venture fails; contractors love them because they never have to pay out anything more than what’s required by the contract. It’s essentially free money so long as everything goes according to plan!
A performance bond will not pay out until after project completion; at this point, the insurance company will make an assessment of whether your project was completed satisfactorily. Any financial obligations incurred by you as part of the process (e.g., hiring contractors or staff to assist with construction) need to be covered by another means (e.g., your savings). I
If you’ve used up all of your own money and still haven’t met the specifications – tough luck! The terms of a contract can also stipulate that certain conditions must be met for payment to be made – such as achieving final inspection. If they’re not met, then no money changes hands.
In short, a performance bond is appropriate if you want to make sure that your costs are covered in the worst possible scenario – where you’ve invested all of your own money and when things don’t go according to plan. A guarantee is good if you’re looking for protection against insolvency at any stage during construction, but want to keep your options open by not committing as many resources.
When my performance bond is called, what happens?
Many traders have to post a performance bond in order to trade. Sometimes these traders want to know what happens when a margin call is executed and the position proceeds down the book.
Most broker performance bond requirements are calculated on a per-trade basis. This means that each time you place an order, the position may be subject to another margin call if needed depending on market fluctuations.
The example above is a simplified calculation, but you can see how quickly your account equity might decrease if a string of losses occurs. If a margin call were executed in this situation, not only would the trader have to add funds to his account to bring it up to the original performance bond level, but he/she must also pay accrued interest on the funds borrowed during that time frame!
This is why it’s important for traders to know their brokers’ lending rates (interest rates) and margin rules before they begin trading. Do some research beforehand so there are no surprises when (not if) you get stopped out. Most brokers offer additional leverage at higher performance bond amounts; however, keep in mind that high-risk products like turbo and super turbo trades come with a steeper learning curve and higher chances of loss.
What happens if I don’t keep my performance bond?
If you didn’t pay your construction loan (borrowed money from a lender like a bank or credit union), then the lender could still come after you for repayment if they take legal action against you. The fact that you may have already paid part of your bill to the contractor would not matter in such an instance.
State law also states that a payment bond is not required on public works projects, so all workers are entitled to pay once they have fulfilled their contract with the construction company. If your project requires a performance bond, then there are several conditions under which monies would be disbursed to the contractor without you being liable for any of it:
1) Execution of the final certificate of completion by all subcontractors and suppliers with whom the principal had contracts
2) Acceptance by you
3) Completion of corrective work requested by an inspector (upon written notice from such an inspector)
4) Completion of work on schedule
5) Purchasing contractor’s compliance with applicable Federal and State prevailing wage laws, which may include payment for workers’ compensation, state disability insurance or unemployment insurance.
As you can see, if none of these conditions are met (and it is clear that you will not comply with requests put forth by an inspector), then the bonding company would not be required to make any further payments to the contractor.
If a performance bond isn’t used, does it expire?
Performance bonds are often used by production organizers to encourage artists, crew workers, and vendors to show up for an event or shoot. Holders of performance bonds are not paid until the project goes on as planned, so it’s important that everyone ensure they have all their equipment ready to go so things don’t get held up while people scramble to find what they need on-site.
If you’ve done everything you can do to ensure that your performance bond will guarantee you show up at the event with all necessary materials/equipment/people in tow on time, then there really isn’t much reason for it to ever expire.
Although there is no official time limit on how long a bond is good for before it expires, most production organizers recommend using the same timeframe you used when creating your estimate. This way, if something were to happen that affects your ability to show up with all necessary materials/equipment/people in tow on time, then at least you know there’s still some wiggle room left on the date of expiration.
This way there is no need to rush the performance of your bond, and you’ll have a little more time to make sure you can fulfill your end of the agreement.
What is the duration of a performance bond?
In order to protect the interest of both parties in a construction contract, a performance bond is commonly required from the contractor. In short-term contracts, such as Public Works Contracts for less than 1 year or building construction contracts for which expenses are paid within one fiscal year, a Performance Bond is not needed because there is no possibility that the remaining work will exceed one budget year.
The exception would be when a contract requires more than one payment during a single budget year in which case a performance bond should be obtained in order to ensure that the remaining requirements can be completed in that same fiscal year.
On all other types of contracts including those with longer time spans and advance payments based outside the financial/budgeting cycle of any governmental entity, it is the general rule that a Performance Bond is required.
If a performance bond is not posted, then there could be severe consequences for both parties if the contractor were to default on his obligations as set out in the contract. In such an event where a contractor defaults or goes bankrupt during contract performance, a Government agency has little recourse other than to make a claim against their own surety and possibly take legal action against the insolvent company. If however, the government took out a performance bond from their own surety, they would have a direct contractual relationship with them which provides greater security and protection vs. having no bond at all.