During the term of the contract bond, in the ·event the amount of the contract bond has been reduced/claimed as a consequence of deduction/claim by the Customer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Contractor shall, at the Contractor's sole cost and expense, provide a new contract bond to the Customer, or replace the reduced/claimed contract bond with a new contract bond within 15 (fifteen) days after its receipt of notifi9ation from the Customer in order that the amount of the contract bond shall at all times be~}g.?J:ual to the full amount as set forth in the foregoing paragraph (being 5% (five percent) of the relevant Purchase Order).