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			      <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">517.101</ph> Authority.</title>
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						            In addition to the multi-year authority described in FAR 17.101, GSA is authorized to enter into contracts for periods not to exceed–</p>
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                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(1)</ph>
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
								                 Five years for the inspection, maintenance, and repair of fixed building equipment in federally owned buildings (<xref href="http://uscode.house.gov/browse.xhtml;jsessionid=114A3287C7B3359E597506A31FC855B3"
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                              class="- topic/xref ">40 U.S.C. 581(c)(6)</xref>); or</p>
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                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(2)</ph>
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
								                 Ten years for public utility services (<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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						             Contracting officers may award contracts under the authority of paragraph (a)(1) or paragraph (a)(2) of this section without a cancellation clause.</p>
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