NASBP constantly strives to make business tools and resources available to the NASBP membership from our web site. You may be aware, for example, that NASBP makes available downloads of standardized bond forms from nasbp.org, such as the ConsensusDOCS and the Engineers Joint Contract Documents Committee (EJCDC) standardized bond forms. These are available free of charge to NASBP members and affiliates for use in the regular course of surety business.

To those sets of bond forms, NASBP now is adding an additional set of bond forms. Through discussions with the the American Institute of Architects (AIA) over the course of the last year, NASBP has secured the permission of AIA to create NASBP-equivalents of the current editions of their bid bond document, AIA Document A310-2010, and their performance bond and payment bond document, AIA Document A312-2010.

The NASBP equivalents are simply titled “Bid Bond” and “Performance Bond and Payment Bond.” Footer language on each page indicates that the document is published by NASBP and is the text equivalent of the respective AIA bond form. Like the ConsensusDOCS and EJCDC bond forms, NASBP Bond Forms require agreement to a user license. The NASBP Bond Forms, which are the equivalents to the current AIA bond forms, are available as downloads of Microsoft Word files, so members and affiliates will have an easy time integrating the forms into their management systems.

To access these NASBP Bond Forms, click on the tabs above titled, "Bid Bond," and "Performance Bond & Payment Bond." Access requires agreement to the license and instructions, which are followed by prompts to provide a NASBP login and password.