OTM -2010
<br />11A Document A31
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<br />CONTRACTOR,
<br />tame, legal status and address)
<br />Northern Construction Services, Corp.
<br />P'O Box 129'9
<br />Niles, MI 49120
<br />OWNER:
<br />(Name, legal stains and address)
<br />City of South Bend, Indiana
<br />BOND AMOUNT: Five Pei -cent of Bid (5% of Bid)
<br />SURETY:
<br />(Name, legal status and principal
<br />place of business)
<br />Fidelity & Deposit Company of Maryland
<br />1400 American Lane
<br />Schaumburg, IL 60196-1056
<br />PROJECT: 1,,,,,,d Drive Sidewalk Project 4 117-033A
<br />(Name, location or address, and Project number, if any)
<br />This document has important legal
<br />consequences, Consultation with
<br />an attorney is encouraged with
<br />respect to its completion or
<br />modification,
<br />Any sl"ngullar reference to
<br />Contractor, Surety, Owner or
<br />other party shall be considered
<br />plural where applicable.
<br />The Contractor and Surety are bound to the Owner in the amount set forth above, for the payment of which the Contractor and
<br />Surety bind themselves, their heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, jointly and severally, as provided herein. The
<br />conditions of this Bond are such that if the Owner accepts the bid of the Contractor within the time specified in the bid documents, or
<br />within such time period as may be agreed to by the Owner and Contractor, and the Contractor either (1) enters into a contract with the
<br />Owner in accordance with the terms of such bid, and gives such bond or bonds as may be specified in the bidding or Contract
<br />Documents, with a surety admitted in the jurisdiction of the Project and otherwise acceptable to the Owner, for the faithful
<br />performance of such Contract and for the prompt payment of labor and material furnished in the prosecution thereof; or (2) pays to the
<br />Owner the difference, not to exceed the amount of this Bond, between the amount specified in said bid and such larger amount for
<br />which the Owner may in good faith contract with another party to perform the Nvork covered by said bid, then this obligation shall be null
<br />and void, otherwise to remain in full force and effect. The Surety hereby waives any notice of an agreement between the Owner and
<br />Contractor to extend the time in which the Owner may accept the bid. Waiver of notice by the Surety shall not apply to any extension
<br />exceeding sixty (60) days in the aggregate beyond the time for acceptance of bids specified in the bid documents, and the Owner and
<br />Contractor shall obtain the Surety's consent for an extension beyond sixty (60) days.
<br />If this Bond is issued in connection with a subcontractor's bid to a Contractor, the term Contractor in this Bond shall be deemed
<br />to be Subcontractor and the term Owner shall be deemed to be Contractor.
<br />When this Bond has been furnished to comply with a statutory or other legal requirement in the location of the Project, any provision
<br />in this Bond conflicting with said statutory or legal requirement shall be deemed deleted herefrorn and provisions conforming to such
<br />statutory or other legal requirement shall be deemed incorporated herein. When so furnished, the intent is that this Bond shall be
<br />construed as a statutory bond and not as a common law bond.
<br />Signed and sealed this 12th day of December 2017
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