Bonds

Bonds, policies and warranties

Security expires quietly. A performance bond that lapsed before practical completion and a collateral warranty nobody executed are both discovered at the same moment: the one you needed them.

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One line per instrument

  1. Open Bonds and Warranties and add a record.
  2. Choose the type: performance bond, advance payment bond, off-site materials bond, retention bond, parent company guarantee, collateral warranty or one of the project insurances.
  3. Record who gave it, the provider, the reference and the amount or limit.
  4. Enter the expiry date.
Worth knowingStore the executed document in the project files area. The register holds the dates and the status, which are the parts that need watching.

Expiry is the whole point

End dates are set when the programme looks different from how it turns out. When a job runs long, the security runs out before the obligation it secures has been discharged.

Anything expiring within sixty days is flagged, and anything already expired shows in red. Sixty days rather than thirty because a bond extension needs a request, an underwriting decision and an execution, and that rarely happens in a fortnight.

Requested is not in place

The commonest gap is not an expiry at all. It is a bond that was asked for at contract stage, chased twice, and never arrived. Nobody notices, because there is no document to file and therefore nothing missing from the file.

  1. Use the status field honestly: in place, requested, draft, not required or expired.
  2. The summary counts requested and draft separately from in place.
Worth knowingThat count is the number worth looking at before practical completion. Obligations nobody can enforce are worth knowing about while there is still leverage to fix them.
Still stuck?

Write to support@qscope.co.uk. Include the project reference and, if it is about a figure, the certificate number. Answers within one working day.

Materials on siteWhere a materials bond is required. Risk registerThe other half of what you are carrying. Project setupWhere the contract details live.

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