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         <ph class="- topic/ph " props="autonumber">517.204</ph> Contracts.</title>
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                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(a)</ph>
                  <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i "/>Telecommunication contracts may not exceed 10 years. </p>
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                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(b)</ph>  Public utility contracts are limited to 10 years (<xref href="http://uscode.house.gov/browse.xhtml;jsessionid=114A3287C7B3359E597506A31FC855B3"
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                        class="- topic/xref ">40 U.S.C. 501(b)(1)(B</xref>).</p>
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                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(c)</ph>
                  <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">Requests to exceed 5-year limitation</i>. A deviation request to exceed the 5-year limitation specified in FAR 17.204(e) must provide all the following information:</p>
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                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(1)</ph>  Clearly explain the contract(s) and organization(s) covered by the request.</p>
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                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(2)</ph>  Support the need for and reasonableness of the extension. Consider factors such as the following:</p>
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                              <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(i)</ph>  The results of market research.</p>
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                              <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(ii)</ph>  Stability of the requirement(s).</p>
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                              <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(iii)</ph>  Benefits to the Government.</p>
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                              <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(iv)</ph>  Use of a performance-based contracting approach.</p>
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                              <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(v)</ph>  Availability of funds to cover estimated cancellation costs as well as costs for the first contract period.</p>
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                              <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(vi)</ph>  Customary commercial practice.</p>
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                              <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(vii)</ph>  Mechanisms to adjust for economic fluctuations.</p>
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                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(d)</ph>
                  <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">Approval authority</i>. Deviation requests to exceed the 5-year limitations specified in FAR 17.204(e) must be approved by–</p>
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							              <p id="d331e154" class="- topic/p ">
                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(1)</ph>  The head of the contracting activity for individual contracts; and</p>
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							              <p id="d331e163" class="- topic/p ">
                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(2)</ph>  GSA’s Senior Procurement Executive for classes of contracts.</p>
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