Oregon public works bonds.
$600 flat.
Before you start work on an Oregon public works project, ORS 279C.836 requires you to file a $30,000 public works bond with the Construction Contractors Board (CCB). Ours is $600 flat — issued instantly, identical for every contractor. No credit check.
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How much does an Oregon public works bond cost?
$600 at the $30,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
The CCB wants this bond before you start a public works job. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
The $30,000 public works bond is among the bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the CCB
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the Construction Contractors Board before you begin the project. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the public works bond actually covers
Oregon requires every person who must pay prevailing wages on a public works project to file a $30,000 public works bond with the Construction Contractors Board (CCB) before starting work, under ORS 279C.836. This is separate from your CCB contractor license bond — it exists only to cover wages.
The bond covers unpaid prevailing-rate wages and overtime for workers on the project. If the Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) orders a contractor to pay back wages and the contractor doesn’t, the affected workers can recover against the bond.
It applies even to subcontractors whose own contract is under $100,000, as long as the total public works project cost is $100,000 or more — and it applies even if the employer doesn’t hold a CCB license. If the surety pays a wage claim, the contractor repays the surety.
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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 $30,000 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 the CCB. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the Construction Contractors Board before you begin the project. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $600 at the $30,000 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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On file with the CCB before you break ground.
$600 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.