The U.S. Treasury has published the Listing of Approved Sureties (Department Circular 570) July 1, 2022.

Remind your clients that, to write surety bonds on federal construction contracts, a corporate surety must be approved and certified by 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 and posted by the Department of Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Surety Bond Section at www.fiscal.treasury.gov/surety-bonds. Throughout the year, be sure to note any supplemental changes made to the Circular. which are identified on the webpage.

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.