Payment and Performance Bonds The Contractor shall comply with the following minimum bonding requirements:
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.
Bid and Performance Security The Contractor hereby and herewith deposits with and delivers to the Minister, as security of the due fulfilment of the Contract, one of the following, which shall remain in effect for a minimum of 30 days after tender closing:
Parent Company Guarantee Upon execution of this CONTRACT, the CONTRACTOR shall deliver to the COMPANY a PARENT COMPANY GUARANTEE from the company named in Appendix 1 to Section I – Form of Agreement for proper performance of its obligations under this Contract. The CONTRACTOR shall maintain in force the PARENT COMPANY GUARANTEE for the duration of its liability under this CONTRACT.
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. In addition, Contractor shall not subcontract any portion of the Work required by this Agreement, except as provided in the Schedule of Subcontractor Participation. 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 prior 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 Contractor’s 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. In the event Contractor engages any subcontractor in the performance of this Agreement, Contractor shall ensure that all of Contractor’s subcontractors perform in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Contractor shall be fully responsible for all of Contractor’s subcontractors’ performance, and liable for any of Contractor’s subcontractors’ non-performance and all of Contractor’s subcontractors’ acts and omissions. Contractor shall defend at Contractor’s expense, counsel being subject to City’s approval or disapproval, and indemnify and hold City and City’s officers, employees, and agents harmless from and against any claim, lawsuit, third party action, fine, penalty, settlement, or judgment, including any award of attorney fees and any award of costs, by or in favor of any of Contractor’s subcontractors for payment for work performed for City by any of such subcontractors, and from and against any claim, lawsuit, third party action, fine, penalty, settlement, or judgment, including any award of attorney fees and any award of costs, occasioned by or arising out of any act or omission by any of Contractor’s subcontractors or by any of Contractor’s subcontractors’ officers, agents, or employees. Contractor’s use of subcontractors in connection with this Agreement shall be subject to City’s prior written approval, which approval City may revoke at any time.
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.
GUARANTEE AND INDEMNITY Each Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally jointly and severally:
Financial Guarantee 30.1 By derogation from article 30 of the General Conditions, no pre-financing guarantee is required.
Security for Obligations This Agreement secures, and the Collateral is collateral security for, the prompt and complete payment or performance in full when due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise (including the payment of amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. §362(a) (and any successor provision thereof)), of all Obligations with respect to every Grantor (the “Secured Obligations”).
Unconditional Obligations This is a guaranty of payment and not of collection. The Guarantors' Obligations under this Guaranty Agreement shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of the validity, legality or enforceability of the Credit Agreement, the Notes or any other Loan Document or any other guaranty of the Borrower's Liabilities, and shall not be affected by any action taken under the Credit Agreement, the Notes or any other Loan Document, any other guaranty of the Borrower's Liabilities, or any other agreement between the Agent or the Lenders and the Borrower or any other Person, in the exercise of any right or power therein conferred, or by any failure or omission to enforce any right conferred thereby, or by any waiver of any covenant or condition therein provided, or by any acceleration of the maturity of any of the Borrower's Liabilities, or by the release or other disposal of any security for any of the Borrower's Liabilities, or by the dissolution of the Borrower or the combination or consolidation of the Borrower into or with another entity or any transfer or disposition of any assets of the Borrower or by any extension or renewal of the Credit Agreement, any of the Notes or any other Loan Document, in whole or in part, or by any modification, alteration, amendment or addition of or to the Credit Agreement, any of the Notes or any other Loan Document, any other guaranty of the Borrower's Liabilities, or any other agreement between the Agent or the Lenders and the Borrower or any other Person, or by any other circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of any Guarantor) which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risks of such Guarantor, or might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or a guarantor; it being the purpose and intent of the parties hereto that this Guaranty Agreement and the Guarantors' Obligations hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances and shall not be discharged except by payment as herein provided.
