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For eligible small businesses, the U.S. Small Business Administration Surety Bond Guarantee Program can help participating sureties provide bonds that might otherwise exceed a contractor’s normal capacity.
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The SBA Surety Bonds program guarantees bid, performance, and payment bonds issued by SBA-approved surety companies to help small businesses win and complete contracts. Small businesses contact SBA-authorized surety agencies to obtain bond approval through SBA-backed guarantees, enabling them to bid on and fulfill contracts (SBA guarantees contract bonds but not commercial bonds). Bonds are categorized as Bid, Payment, Performance, and Ancillary; the guarantee fee is 0.6% of the contract price for performance and payment bonds (no fee for bid bonds), and eligibility requires being a small business with a qualifying contract up to $9 million for non-federal contracts and up to $14 million for federal contracts, plus meeting the surety’s credit, capacity, and character requirements.
AI named U.S. Small Business Administration Surety Bond Guarantee Program from July 2026 to September 2026.
Question: What's the best way for a General Contractor to get a surety bond for a large project?
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For eligible small businesses, the U.S. Small Business Administration Surety Bond Guarantee Program can help participating sureties provide bonds that might otherwise exceed a contractor’s normal capacity.
AI named U.S. Small Business Administration Surety Bond Guarantee Program most often alongside International Risk Management Institute (IRMI), National Association of Surety Bond Producers (NASBP), and
AI cited sba.gov in these answers, after nasbp.org, irmi.com, and legalclarity.org.
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