AFARS PART 28

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AFARS -- Part 28

Bonds and Insurance

June 1, 1996

Subpart 28.1 -- Bonds

28.106 -- Administration.

28.106-90 -- Review of Bonds and Consents of Surety.

Effective 1 October 1997, all bonds and consents of surety shall be reviewed by the counsel responsible for providing legal advice to the contracting officer.

Subpart 28.2 -- Sureties

28.202 -- Acceptability of Corporate Sureties.

(c) The Department of the Treasury provides an electronic bulletin board service for Treasury Circular 570 and updates. The telephone number for the bulletin board is FTS (202) 287-1295. Distribution of the information to contracting activities and offices of the staff judge advocates that cannot access the bulletin board shall be in accordance with HCA instructions. New bonds obtained as required by the FAR shall be promptly forwarded for review in accordance with 28.106-90.

28.203 -- Acceptability of Individual Sureties.

(g) Refer evidence to the local Procurement Fraud Advisor. See AR 27-40, Chapter 8.

28.203-7 -- Exclusion of Individual Sureties.

(d) Forward the D&F justifying acceptance to the HCA. If the HCA concurs, the request and concurrence shall be forwarded through the addressee in 1.290(b)(9) to the debarring official for a determination.

28.204 -- Options in Lieu of Sureties.

28.204-1 -- United States Bonds or Notes.

When a contractor furnishes security in lieu of corporate or individual sureties on bonds, the contracting officer shall forward a certified copy of the receipt for the deposited security and a certified copy of any required power of attorney and agreement to the addressee in 28.106-90(b) with the bond.

Subpart 28.3 -- Insurance

28.301 -- Policy.

(b) When insurance coverage for a contract to be performed outside the United States, its possessions, and Puerto Rico, is not available in the minimum amounts required, the PARC is authorized to approve reductions.

28.304 -- Risk Pooling Arrangements.

28.307 -- Insurance Under Cost-Reimbursement Contracts.

28.307-1 -- Group Insurance Plans.

(a) Prior approval requirement.

28.307-90 -- Insurance for Boiler Inspection Services.

Inspection services may be procured to meet the requirements of AR 420-49, but the purchase of insurance to cover boiler inspection service of Government-owned boilers is not authorized.

28.311 -- Solicitation Provision and Contract Clause on Liability Insurance Under Cost-Reimbursement Contracts.

28.311-2 -- Contract Clause.

When required by paragraph (g) of the clause at FAR 52.228-7, Insurance -- Liability to Third Persons, the contracting officer shall immediately notify the Chief, Torts Branch, Army Litigation Center, Office Of The Judge Advocate General, Headquarters, Department Of The Army, Attn DAJA-LTT, 901 North Stuart Street, Suite 400, Arlington, VA 22203-1837, by phone at (703) 696-1620 or DSN 226-1620. When the pertinent papers are received from the contractor, they shall be forwarded to the Chief, Torts Branch, at the address given, with a request to inform the Director, Torts Branch, Civil Division, Department of Justice.

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