LA performance & payment bonds.
Flat 3%. No games.
The fastest way to get bonded for Louisiana public works.
One rate for every contractor — 3% of the bond amount
Price your bid without an obscure underwriting process.
Apply online, e-sign, and get your bond in 1–2 business days.
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Built for the bid deadline.
Most public entities give you ten days or fewer between award and executed bonds. The traditional broker spends most of them on phone tag. Here's the entire process:
Apply once, online
For projects up to $3M, the application is the whole thing — written on your credit score, no financials. Larger programs: one email, one checklist — never a scavenger hunt.
A human underwrites it
A licensed underwriter reviews the contract, your track record, and a soft credit check that never affects your score. The rate is already fixed — underwriting decides approval, not price.
E-sign, file, build
Pay online and receive the executed bond on the obligee's required form (AIA A312 or the public entity's paper), power of attorney attached. The bond is recorded with the contract in the parish mortgage records, as Louisiana law requires. Wet-ink originals mailed when the public entity insists.
The whole pricing page.
Bond amount × 3% = your premium. One-time, $275 minimum, carried in your bid number. There is nothing else to know.
What it is and who needs it.
The two parts, plain English
A performance & payment bond is really two guarantees in one document, both required for most Louisiana public construction contracts under the state Public Works Act.
The performance bond guarantees the public entity you'll finish the work. If you can't, the surety pays another contractor to finish — or pays the owner the overrun.
The payment bond guarantees your subcontractors and suppliers get paid. On public property there's nothing to lien, so a claim against the recorded bond is their protection — and the public entity's protection from the dispute.
You need this bond if you're
The application takes about five minutes.
These are the actual underwriting fields — bond details, your business, your track record, and the project. Submit once and a licensed underwriter responds within 48 hours. Free until your bond is issued.
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Get bonded before the bid deadline.
Five-minute application, flat 3%, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until your bond is issued.