EXHIBIT 16 PERFORMANCE AND PAYMENT BOND.pdf

EXHIBIT 16 – PERFORMANCE AND PAYMENT BOND

A. Concurrently with the execution of the Contract, the Contractor shall give Metro a performance Bond in the form supplied by Metro and issued by a Surety satisfactory to Metro and authorized to issue such a bond in the state of California.

B. The Performance Bond shall be for one-hundred percent (100%) of the Total Contract Price and shall guarantee the faithful and timely performance of the Contractor’s obligations in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Contract.

C. Should any Surety at any time be unsatisfactory to Metro, Notice will be given the Contractor to that effect. No further payments shall be deemed due or will be made under the Contract until a new Surety shall qualify and be accepted by Metro. The Contractor shall pay all costs of compliance with this Article.

D. Changes in the Goods or extensions of time made pursuant to the Contract shall in no way release the Contractor or Surety from its obligations. Notices of such changes or extensions shall be waived by the Surety.

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PERFORMANCE BOND

IFB No. OP138382

Corrosion Control System Upgrades

WHEREAS the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority ("Metro") has awarded to __________________________________ ("Principal"), Contract No IFB No.

OP138382 Corrosion Control System Upgrades.

WHEREAS Principal is required under the terms of the Contract to furnish a Bond for the faithful performance of the Contract;

NOW, THEREFORE, we __________________________________________ , as Principal, and _________________________________________________ , ("Surety"), as Surety, are held and firmly bound unto Metro in the sum of ___________________________________

Dollars ($ _________________________ ), this amount being not less than the Total Contract Price in lawful money of the United States of America, for payment of which sum well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns, jointly and severably, firmly by these presents. In case suit is brought upon this Bond, Surety shall pay reasonable attorneys' fees to Metro in an amount to be fixed by the court.

The condition of this obligation is such that, if the hereby-bonded Principal or its heirs, executors, administrators, successors, assigns, or Subcontractors shall in all things stand to and abide by and well and truly keep and perform all the undertakings, terms, covenants, conditions, and agreements in the Contract and any alteration thereof, made as therein provided, all within the time and in the manner therein designated and in all respects according to their true intent and meaning, then this obligation shall become null and void; otherwise, it shall be and remain in full force and effect.

Further, Surety, for value received, hereby stipulates and agrees that no change, extension of time, alteration, or modification of the contract documents, or of the Work to be performed there under, shall in any way affect its obligations under this Bond, and it does hereby waive notice of any such change, extension of time, alteration, or modification of the contract documents or of the Work to be performed there under.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, three identical counterparts of this instrument, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed an original hereof, have been duly executed by Principal and Surety named herein, on the _____________ day of _________________ 2026, the name and corporate seal of each corporate party being hereto affixed and these presents duly signed by its undersigned representative pursuant to authority of its governing body.

By: _____________________________________

(Principal)

By: _____________________________________

(Surety)

PAYMENT (MATERIAL AND LABOR) BOND

IFB No. OP138382 Corrosion Control System Upgrades

WHEREAS the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority ("Metro") has awarded to __________________________________ ("Principal"), IFB No. OP138382 Corrosion Control System Upgrades.

WHEREAS Principal is required under the terms of the Contract to furnish a Bond to secure the payment of claims of laborers, mechanics, material men, and other persons as provided by law;

NOW, THEREFORE, we _____________________________ , as Principal, and

________________________ , ("Surety"), as Surety, are held and firmly bound unto Metro in the sum of __________________________________ Dollars ($ __________________ ), this amount being not less than the Total Contract Price in lawful money of the United States of America, for payment of which sum well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns, jointly and severably, firmly by these presents. In case suit is brought upon this Bond, Surety will pay reasonable attorneys' fees to Metro and the plaintiff(s) in an amount to be fixed by the court.

The condition of this obligation is such that, if the hereby-bonded Principal, or its heirs, executors, administrators, successors, or assigns, or Subcontractors shall fail to pay any of the persons named in Civil Code § 3181 or to pay amounts due under the Unemployment Insurance Code with respect to work or labor performed under the Contract, or amounts due under the Contract, or any amounts required to be deducted, withheld, and paid over to the Employment Development Department from the wages of employees of Principal or its Subcontractors pursuant to § 13020 of the Unemployment Insurance Code with respect to Work or labor performed under the Contract, then the Surety herein named shall pay for the same in an amount not exceeding the sum specified in this Bond; otherwise the above obligation shall be void.

This Bond shall inure to the benefit of any of the persons named in Civil Code § 3181 as to give a right of action to such persons or their heirs, executor's, administrators, successors, or assigns in any suit brought upon this Bond.

Further, Surety, for value received, hereby stipulates and agrees that no change, extension of time, alteration, or modification of the contract documents, or of the Work to be performed there under, shall in any way affect its obligations on this Bond, and it does hereby waive notice of such change, extension of time, alteration, or modification of the contract documents, or of the Work to be performed there under.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, three identical counterparts of this instrument, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed an original hereof, have been duly executed by Principal and Surety named herein, on the ________ day of ______________ , 2026, the name and corporate seal of each corporate party being hereto affixed and these presents duly signed by its undersigned representative pursuant to authority of its governing body.

By: ___________________________________

(Principal)

By: ___________________________________

(Surety)