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         <ph class="- topic/ph " props="autonumber">528.103-2</ph> Performance bonds.</title>
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                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(a)</ph>  The contracting officer shall not require performance bonds for building service contracts unless a written determination is made explaining why the bond is essential to protect the Government’s interest and justifying the additional cost of the bonding requirement.</p>
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                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(b)</ph>  The contracting officer may require a performance bond for building service contracts over $150,000 awarded under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act as amended (<xref href="http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section637(a)&amp;num=0&amp;edition=prelim"
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                        class="- topic/xref ">15 U.S.C. 637(a)</xref>) if it is determined under <xref href="#GSAM_528_103_2"
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                        class="- topic/xref ">528.103-2</xref>(a) that a performance bond is essential to protect the Government's interest.</p>
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                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(c)</ph> The contracting officer shall not require a performance bond for building service contracts awarded to workshops for the blind or other severely handicapped under the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act, as amended (<xref href="http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid%3AUSC-prelim-title41-chapter85&amp;saved=%7CZ3JhbnVsZWlkOlVTQy1wcmVsaW0tdGl0bGU0MS1zZWN0aW9uODUwMQ%3D%3D%7C%7C%7C0%7Cfalse%7Cprelim&amp;edition=prelim"
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                        class="- topic/xref ">41 U.S.C. 8501-8506</xref>)</p>
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                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(d)</ph>  Consider the circumstances and determine the penal amount of the performance bond on a case-by-case basis.</p>
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