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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="13-216" title_number="13" title_name="Source Selection -- State Procurement Contracts" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Procedural Requirements">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a procurement officer may not require a contractor to provide a performance bond, payment bond, or other security on a procurement contract for construction, construction related services, services, or supplies if the price of the procurement contract is less than or equal to the small procurement amount specified in § 13–109 of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A procurement officer shall require a contractor to provide a performance bond, payment bond, or other security if federal law or a condition of federal assistance requires the security.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If the price of a procurement contract for construction exceeds the small procurement amount specified in § 13–109 of this title for construction, a procurement officer shall require a contractor to provide security as required under Title 17, Subtitle 1 of this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A procurement officer may require a contractor to provide a performance bond or other security on a procurement contract for supplies, services, or construction related services if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>circumstances warrant security; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the price of the procurement contract exceeds the small procurement amount specified in § 13–109 of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board shall adopt regulations to establish separate surety bond forms for procurement officers to use to require security for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>fixed–price contracts; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>multiyear contracts.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The form for multiyear contracts shall provide for annual and renewable contracts.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
