District of Columbia bricklayers wage & welfare bonds.
From $100.
A contractor signatory to a Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers (BAC) agreement posts this bond so the wages, dues and benefit fund contributions it owes each pay period reach the union's funds. It is a collective bargaining obligation, not a D.C. licensing requirement. Premiums cost 4% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
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How much does a District of Columbia bricklayers wage & welfare bond cost?
4% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
A new signatory agreement usually comes with a start date attached, and the fund office wants the bond in hand before the first monthly report. This one is built to move:
Apply online
Your company details, years in business, the bond amount your agreement or fund office set, an effective date, and the credit consent that authorizes a soft pull. That is the application.
Issued
Most applications approve instantly. The credit consent authorizes a soft inquiry that never affects your score, and no hard inquiry ever runs on this bond.
Send it to the fund office
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to send to the benefit funds office that administers your BAC agreement and collects the monthly reports. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bricklayers wage & welfare bond actually guarantees
When a masonry contractor signs a Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers (BAC) collective bargaining agreement, it takes on negotiated wage rates, union dues checkoff, and employer contributions to the union's benefit funds — typically health, pension, annuity, and apprenticeship/training funds administered locally and through the International (IUBAC). A wage and welfare bond, sometimes called a union bond, is the security a fund office or local can require a signatory contractor to post before it starts sending workers, or when a contractor has a history of late reports.
The bond guarantees that wages, dues checkoff, and fund contributions reported each pay period actually reach the funds they are owed to. If a contractor becomes delinquent, the fund office or trustees can make a claim against the bond, up to the bonded sum, to recover the shortfall — the surety then seeks reimbursement from the contractor. Because BAC operates through International-level funds (the International Pension Fund and International Health Fund headquartered in Washington, D.C.) alongside locally administered health, pension, and annuity funds — including BAC Local 1 of Maryland, Virginia & DC, whose jurisdiction covers the District — the exact obligee, bonded sum, and fund names on any given bond form depend on which local and which trade classification (bricklayer, stone mason, tile setter, terrazzo worker, or pointer/cleaner/caulker) the signatory agreement covers. We have framed this conservatively rather than naming a single fund or address, because the correct obligee varies by agreement — confirm the exact wording and required amount with your fund office before the bond is issued.
This is a private, contractual bond, not a District of Columbia licensing requirement — no D.C. agency issues it or receives it. The obligation runs from the collective bargaining agreement between the contractor and the union, and the bond amount is set by the local or fund office rather than a flat statutory number, so it scales with the contractor's covered payroll and contribution exposure. We price the bond from a $100 minimum at 4% of the amount the fund office sets, and the application includes only a soft credit consent — never a hard inquiry.
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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 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The term is set on the carrier’s application; the premium covers the period shown there.
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
Issued. Most applications approve instantly. The credit consent authorizes a soft inquiry that never affects your score, and no hard inquiry ever runs on this bond.
What sets the price
The premium is 4% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, priced on the spot.
These are the actual issuing fields. The credit consent authorizes a soft pull only — a soft inquiry that never affects your score.
Start the application →Common questions.
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Signatory status waiting on one bond.
4% of the bond amount, $100 minimum. Enter the sum your fund office named and send it to the benefit funds office the same day. Free until issued.