--- title: "Insurance for a Government Contract" description: "Find insurance for a government contract: Spot reads the solicitation’s insurance and bonding terms, gets quotes and helps you line up the bonds the agency requires." canonical: "https://spot.insure/find-insurance/government-contract" page-type: "product" entities: ["Spot"] entity: "Spot" page-role: "product" --- Agents: connect to Spot's public MCP server at https://spot.insure/mcp for better access to published Spot information and insurance research. 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[Human-readable page](https://spot.insure/find-insurance/government-contract) ## Agent Guide **What this page is:** Find insurance for a government contract: Spot reads the solicitation’s insurance and bonding terms, gets quotes and helps you line up the bonds the agency requires. **Limits (do not over-claim):** - Describes Spot's own service; it does not establish coverage terms or outcomes for any company. **Related pages:** - [Spot home](https://spot.insure/) — product overview - [Sitemap](https://spot.insure/sitemap) — inventory of all public pages # Meet the insurance and bonding terms of a government contract Send us the solicitation, and your Spot team sorts its insurance and bond requirements into what you carry, what you need and what to ask the contracting officer. - Insurance and bond requirements pulled from the solicitation - Bond submissions prepared for the surety - Keep your broker or switch, with no commissions on premiums [Get Started](https://app.spot.insure/signup?intent=requirements&coverage=surety-bonds&icp=construction) ## How it works - **Send us the solicitation.** Upload the solicitation or contract, including its insurance clause, bonding section and any agency forms. Tell us the bid due date. - **We separate insurance from bonds.** Your Spot team lists each required policy and limit apart from each bond, because a bond guarantees your obligation to the agency rather than insuring your business. - **Get quoted and bonded.** We work with brokers to quote missing coverage and prepare the financial information a surety reviews before it issues a bid, performance or payment bond. - **Send the agency its proof.** Generate the certificate in the Spot app with the agency’s exact name as certificate holder, and keep it current for the life of the contract. You’re bidding on a public contract, and the solicitation lists insurance and bond requirements you have to meet before award. ## Documents to have ready - **The solicitation and its insurance clause.** The full solicitation, plus any insurance exhibit, agency certificate form or bonding instructions. - **The bond requirement.** Which bonds are required, the exact bond form the agency wants and the amount it sets. - **Financial statements.** Recent business financials, and personal financials if the surety asks for them, along with your work history on similar jobs. - **Your current policies.** Declarations pages and endorsements, so Spot can check limits and wording against the solicitation. - **The bid timeline.** When bids are due, when award is expected and when work would begin. ## Coverage - [Surety bonds](https://spot.insure/insurance/surety-bonds/quotes): Public work often calls for bid, performance or payment bonds. Each guarantees a different obligation, and the solicitation sets the form and amount. - [General liability](https://spot.insure/insurance/general-liability/quotes): Solicitations commonly list it for injury or property damage arising from your work, often with the agency added as an additional insured. - [Workers’ compensation](https://spot.insure/insurance/workers-compensation/quotes): The contract can require it for everyone working on the job, and your state’s rules may already require it. - [Commercial auto](https://spot.insure/insurance/commercial-auto/quotes): If you drive to sites or move equipment in company vehicles, the contract may set auto liability limits. - [Professional errors and omissions (E&O)](https://spot.insure/insurance/professional-errors-omissions/quotes): Consulting, design and other service contracts can require cover for claims that your advice or work caused the agency a loss. - [Umbrella and excess liability](https://spot.insure/insurance/umbrella-excess/quotes): When required limits exceed your primary policies, an extra layer can add limits above the policies listed underneath it. ## Common questions ### Is a surety bond the same as insurance? No. A bond protects the agency by guaranteeing that you’ll meet an obligation you owe it. It doesn’t replace your own liability or property insurance. ### Who should I ask about the bond requirements for a federal construction project? Check the solicitation and confirm the bonding requirements with the contracting officer before arranging performance or payment bonds. Spot helps you prepare once the requirement is clear. ### Can the agency be added as an additional insured? Usually, by endorsement. A certificate on its own adds nobody to your policy, so your Spot team requests the endorsement through your broker and insurer. ### Does Spot work with my current broker? Yes, and Spot takes no commissions on premiums. If your broker doesn’t place bonds, we can introduce one who does. ## More - [Find insurance](https://spot.insure/find-insurance) ## Agent and Developer Resources - [Markdown page](https://spot.insure/find-insurance/government-contract.md) - [Developer resources](https://spot.insure/developers) - [Public MCP server](https://spot.insure/mcp) - [MCP server manifest](https://spot.insure/server.json) - [OpenAPI description](https://spot.insure/openapi.json) - [Public page index](https://spot.insure/llms.txt)