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Performance Bonds and Contractual Guarantees

For Who
MŚP; Duże firmy
Type of service and support
Gwarancje
Application duration Indefinitely
Territorial scope
Polska i rynki zagraniczne

Contractual guarantees constitute a prevalent mechanism for mitigating risk and securing the fulfilment of commercial agreements. The principal initiating the procurement of goods or the performance of services is entitled to demand that the executing enterprise furnish a specified financial security prior to the execution of the contract. This safeguard is designated to address scenarios wherein the agreement is unfulfilled, contractual milestones are breached or the quality of the commodities or services deviates from the stipulated parameters.

The entirety of the project lifecycle or capital investment may be effectively insulated through the deployment of such guarantees. Consequently, the counterparty operating in the capacity of the investor obtains absolute certainty that the guarantees shall be activated in the event that the contractor fails to execute the works in strict compliance with the contractual provisions. By presenting an insurance guarantee issued by KUKE, the contractor demonstrates its financial and operational capacity to perform the contract, as the underwriter conducts a rigorous assessment of the company's financial solvency prior to assuming the risk.

Contractual guarantees are engineered specifically for commercial entities participating in public tenders or seeking to secure high-value contracts both within the domestic jurisdiction and internationally. These underwriting instruments are extended to small, medium and large-scale enterprises operating across highly diversified economic sectors, explicitly including pharmaceuticals, construction and heavy industrial manufacturing, such as shipyards.

Strategic Advantages for Your Enterprise

Maintenance of unencumbered liquid funds to facilitate continuous corporate development.
Substantial enhancement and validation of the firm's financial reliability in the purview of the investor.
Execution of contractual obligations without mitigating or burdening the enterprise’s existing commercial bank lines of credit.
Enhanced positioning to compete successfully for and secure international export contracts.
Highly efficient and streamlined processing regarding the underwriting and issuance of guarantees.

Classification of Contractual Guarantees

The insulation of the aggregate contractual execution process is achieved through using specialised financial instruments. Kindly review the available modalities of contractual guarantees:

This guarantee enables a commercial enterprise to participate in procurement procedures without the necessity of deploying its own liquid capital, serving as a direct substitute for a cash deposit. Upon issuing the guarantee to the beneficiary, KUKE undertakes an absolute commitment to disburse the specified financial sum in the event that the successful bidder declines to execute the formal contract under the terms of its proposal, or otherwise defaults on its statutory tender obligations, thereby entitling the beneficiary to forfeit the bid security. KUKE provides bid bonds for both public procurement and private commercial tender procedures.

This instrument is issued at the instruction of the enterprise that has been awarded a contract and is contractually obliged to provide security for the proper execution of the agreement. The performance bond constitutes a binding obligation by KUKE to remit the stipulated amount to the beneficiary in the event that the contractor defaults or improperly executes its contractual covenants and fails to indemnify the principal for the resulting damages.

This facility is extended at the instruction of the contractor who, pursuant to the underlying agreement executed with the beneficiary, receives an advance mobilisation payment for project execution. The guarantee represents an absolute commitment by KUKE to reimburse the specified sum to the beneficiary should the contractor fail to fulfil the contract and neglect to refund the advanced funds within the designated maturity period.

This bond is issued at the instruction of the contractor and establishes a formal commitment by KUKE to disburse the specified sum to the beneficiary in the scenario where the enterprise fails to execute, or improperly performs, its contractual obligations regarding the remediation of defects and deficiencies discovered post-completion. This instrument effectively insulates the enterprise against direct cash claims arising from statutory warranties or extended performance guarantees.

Submitted directly to the investor, this integrated instrument consolidates into a single legal document the security for the proper and punctual execution of the contract alongside the comprehensive, timely remediation of post-completion defects.

Application Path

  1. Navigate to the official institutional website of the Export Credit Insurance Corporation (KUKE).
  1. Complete the designated communication and intake form.
  1. Await subsequent formal communication and administrative directives from the authorised representatives of KUKE.