The U.S. Treasury has published the Listing of Approved Sureties (Department Circular 570) July 1, 2019.

Remind your clients that, to write surety bonds on federal construction contracts, a corporate surety must possess a certificate of authority from the U.S. Treasury Department, which conducts a financial review of the surety and sets a single bond size limit for the surety.

A listing of certified surety companies approved to provide bonds on federal contracts, known as Department Circular 570 (or the T-List), is updated twice per year and is posted by the Department of Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Surety Bond Section at https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/fsreports/ref/suretyBnd/c570.htm.

Department Circular 570 includes the business address and phone number of each listed surety and each state in which the surety is licensed to operate.