MDC contractor bonds.
$100 flat.
The Metropolitan District (MDC) — the regional water and sewer authority serving Hartford and seven surrounding towns — requires a licensed plumbing contractor to have a $10,000 surety bond on file before installing water service connections in its system. The price is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price — with a short application.
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How much does an MDC contractor bond cost?
$100 at the $10,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
MDC contractor bonds are about the simplest thing in surety. Here is the entire process:
Apply online
Business details, your state plumbing license number, and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with MDC Utility Services
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the MDC Utility Services Department at 125 Maxim Road, Hartford, alongside your water service permit application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the MDC contractor bond actually guarantees
The Metropolitan District is a quasi-municipal corporation that operates the public water distribution and sanitary sewer system for Bloomfield, East Hartford, Hartford, Newington, Rocky Hill, West Hartford, Wethersfield, and Windsor, plus parts of neighboring towns. Before a contractor may install, repair, alter, or remove a water service connection to the MDC’s public water main, MDC ordinances require the contractor to hold a permit — and, as a condition of that permit, to have a $10,000 surety bond on file with the MDC Utility Services Department.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Metropolitan District (the obligee). The bond is executed to name the contractor, the responsible state-licensed individual, and the surety, and it stands behind the contractor’s work on the District’s system.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The MDC also requires the contractor to hold a valid Connecticut plumbing/piping license (P-1, P-7, or W-9) and a certificate of insurance naming the MDC as additional insured before it will approve a water service connection application.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the $10,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with MDC Utility Services. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the MDC Utility Services Department at 125 Maxim Road, Hartford, alongside your water service permit application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $10,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
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$100 flat, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.