Will County Forest Preserve performance bonds.
2% of the bond amount.
Illinois' Public Construction Bond Act (30 ILCS 550) requires a public body — including the Forest Preserve District of Will County — to obtain a performance bond, payable to the District, from the prime contractor on a public works contract of qualifying size before work begins. Premiums cost 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum; the application includes a credit consent that authorizes a soft pull only.
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Enter your contract price, consent to a soft pull, and file before work begins. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your firm details, a description of the contracted work, the bond amount matching your contract price, and the effective date — plus a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Approved
Most performance bonds at this scale clear quickly; the soft credit pull informs approval and never affects your score. Pricing is 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum. Larger contract amounts may get a brief review.
File with the District
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to submit to the Forest Preserve District of Will County before work begins. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the Forest Preserve performance bond actually guarantees
Illinois' Public Construction Bond Act, 30 ILCS 550 — the state's version of the federal Miller Act, sometimes called the "Little Miller Act" — requires a public body awarding a public works contract of qualifying size to obtain a bond from the prime contractor before work starts, conditioned on both completing the contract and paying for the labor and material used in it. The Forest Preserve District of Will County, as a unit of local government awarding contracts for trail, restoration, and facility work, is a public body covered by the Act.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal, the prime contractor), the surety carrier, and the Forest Preserve District (the obligee). The performance bond guarantees that you'll complete the contracted public works project according to its terms; if you default, the District can call on the surety to complete or pay for the remaining work, up to the bond's penal sum.
The bond amount tracks the contract price the District sets in your specific public works contract — there is no single figure across projects. Enter your contract amount and we price the bond from a $100 minimum. It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety.
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One application, then a quick review.
Submit the application with your contract price. A one-time soft credit consent informs approval and never affects your score.
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Other Illinois bonds.
Bond your Forest Preserve contract before the notice to proceed.
From $100, soft pull only. Enter your contract price and file with the District the same day.