Delaware requires nonresident contractors to provide a contractor license bond in order to operate within the state, which carries a bonding requirement. Some municipalities have their own contractor licensing and bonding requirements.
Delaware’s Little Miller Act is the state’s version of the federal Miller Act. It requires both performance bonds and payment bonds from contractors awarded building or public works contracts of a certain size. Private project owners may also require performance and payment bonds.
When a contract is to be awarded through competitive bidding, bid bonds may be required by both public and private project owners. And both government and private project owners may require contractors to furnish any of the following construction bonds:
- Maintenance bonds
- Subdivision/site improvement bonds
- Supply bonds
- Solar decommissioning bonds
- Right of Way bonds
- Contractor license bond
