Payment Bond Claims And Stop Notices

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Okay.....Never had to take it any further; Typically the contractor comes to his/her senses once we've raised enough eyebrows. Not this one!

We're trying to collect from a subcontractor to a prime contractor on an Air Force base SABER contract.

After some educating, the gov't is sending us copies of the pymnt. bond. I'm semi-familar with "The Miller Act", and the applicable notice/filing requirements for claims against payment bonds.

However, my question for those of you who may have had such dealings or have the knowledge; is there any "Stop Notice" provisions with federal construction contracts?

Any other input that would spur this along would also be greatly appreciated.

LIke I said; In the past, it generally took a couple of phone calls to the prime &/or the contracting officer to get things moving. We going to have to take this one a bit further I believe.

AintNoFun

we got through this probably 3 or 4 times a year. actually going through it right now for a few months. the gc didn't pay ANYONE like a 3 million dollar job and he owes out like 1.9 mil and the school paid him 99% of the money. i usually have had no problems with the bonding companies. this one is tough and taking forever. usually the gc's know they are out of biz and just run. but this one guy i guess has to get satisfaction and make everyone miserable. the gc is making false false claims about all the subs. of course the bonding company is going to cut 1.9 million in checks to subs so they are slow to pay and investigating every false claim. its nuts ive never dealt with this. we got about 60% of our money so far. the engineer accepted all my work yet the gc says we didnt do our job properly which is bs. did you speak with the engineer and the owner yet to see if there is any problems with the work you did. get it all in writing and send that to the bonding company, any pictures, invoices from your suppliers. i would def. be in touch with the owner and the engineer as much as possible and pump them for as much info. the owner can also put alot of heat on the bonding company. another job i threatned the owner (the airpot) with a lien they made a few calls within a week i had a check from the bonding company. just every piece of info you have on the job. you should be fine for the most part just a lot of paperwork involved. pm me if you got any specific questions.