Whenever the contract value exceeds beyond 25% of the original contractvalue either due to Employer‟s variation or due to Contractor‟s variation, theContractor shall submit additional performance security equal to an amount of 10% of the variation reduced by an amount equal to 5% of the work alreadycertified as completed by the Engineer-in-Charge on the date of variationsubject to a maximum limit of 10% of the variation amount.No additional performance security will be required to be submitted if thevariation is within 25% of the original contract value.