Title 27

NRS 332.043 Solicitation: Required contents. Each solicitation must include, without limitation: 1. The minimum requirements that a successful responding offeror must meet for the awarding of the contract pursuant to the provisions of this chapter; 2. The method by which the cont…

NRS 332.045 Advertisement of contract: Publication; contents. 1. The advertisement authorized by subsection 1 of NRS 332.063 or required by subsection 1 of NRS 332.065 must be published: (a) In a newspaper qualified pursuant to chapter 238 of NRS that has a general circulation wi…

NRS 332.047 On-line solicitation. 1. A governing body or its authorized representative may use an on-line solicitation to receive responses to a solicitation. The governing body or its authorized representative shall not use an on-line solicitation as the exclusive means of a sol…

NRS 332.061 Limitation on disclosure of proprietary information and of solicitation containing provision requiring negotiation or evaluation. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection and NRS 239.0115, proprietary information does not constitute public information and is…

NRS 332.063 Contracts for which estimated annual amount required to perform is more than $50,000 but not more than $100,000: Solicitation of responses; permissive advertisement; award. 1. Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, if the estimated annual amount required to…

NRS 332.065 Contracts for which estimated annual amount required to perform is more than $100,000: Advertisement required; permissive solicitation; award; prohibition on entering without certification relating to certain boycotts of Israel. 1. Except as otherwise provided by spec…

NRS 332.066 Contract for which estimated annual amount required to perform is more than $100,000: Preference given to recycled products if method of solicitation is invitation to bid. 1. If the estimated annual amount required to perform a contract is more than $100,000 and the d…

NRS 332.068 Contract for which estimated annual amount required to perform is more than $100,000: Filing and contents of protest of award; posting and disposition of bond or security; stay of action; immunity of governing body from liability to person who submits response. 1. A p…

NRS 332.075 Contract for which estimated annual amount required to perform is more than $100,000: Rejection of response. Any response to a solicitation for a contract for which the estimated annual amount to perform a contract is more than $100,000 may be rejected by the governin…

NRS 332.091 Maintenance of records of solicitations and responses. A governing body or its authorized representative shall maintain a record of each solicitation and response to a solicitation for at least 7 years after the date of execution of the contract. (Added to NRS by 2019…

NRS 332.095 Assignment of contracts. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2: (a) No contract awarded may be assigned to any other person without the consent of the governing body or its authorized representative. (b) No contract awarded or any portion thereof may be assi…

NRS 332.105 Bonds. 1. A performance bond, payment bond or any other bond or combination thereof, with sufficient surety, in such amount as may be determined necessary by the governing body or its authorized representative, may be required of each responding offeror on a particula…

NRS 332.112 Emergency contracts. 1. For the purposes of this section, an “emergency” is one which: (a) Results from the occurrence of a disaster, including, but not limited to, fire, flood, hurricane, riot, power outage or disease; or (b) May lead to impairment of the health, saf…

NRS 332.115 Contracts not adapted to award by competitive solicitation; purchase of certain equipment by local law enforcement agency, response agency or other local governmental agency; purchase of goods commonly used by hospital. 1. Contracts which by their nature are not adapt…

NRS 332.117 Award of certain contracts to nonprofit organization or agency whose primary purpose is training and employment of persons with mental or physical disabilities. 1. In accordance with the Program to Encourage and Facilitate Purchases by Agencies of Commodities and Serv…

NRS 332.135 Contracts with carriers; solicitation of informal rate quotations; contracts with Purchasing Division of Department of Administration. 1. Nothing in this chapter prohibits a governing body or its authorized representative from contracting for interstate or intrastate …

NRS 332.146 Purchase or acquisition at auction, closeout and bankruptcy sales, sale of merchandise left after exhibition or other similar sale. 1. Except as otherwise provided by law, if the governing body or its authorized representative determines that the supplies, materials o…

NRS 332.148 Failure to receive responsible responses. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, when a governing body or its authorized representative has advertised for or requested responses in letting a contract and no responsible responses are received, the governing b…

NRS 332.175 Trade-in allowances for personal property. A governing body or its authorized representative may solicit and accept trade-in allowances for personal property of the public entity which has been determined by the governing body or its authorized representative to be no…

NRS 332.185 Disposal of personal property of local government; donation of surplus personal property by school district; chapter inapplicable to transactions regarding real property. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NRS 244.1505 and 334.070, if the governing bo…

NRS 332.195 Entering into contract pursuant to solicitation by other governmental entities or cooperative purchasing organizations; prohibition if contractor’s license required for portion of work to be performed. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a governing body …

NRS 332.201 Duty of governing body of certain counties to report to Office of Economic Development concerning local emerging small businesses. 1. The governing body or its authorized representative in a county whose population is 100,000 or more shall submit a report every 6 mont…

NRS 332.215 Commission to Study Governmental Purchasing: Members; Chair; meetings; duties; biennial report. 1. Each county of this state whose population is 100,000 or more, must be a member of the Commission to Study Governmental Purchasing which is composed of all purchasing ag…

NRS 332.221 Provision of maintenance services for vehicles and purchase of motor vehicle fuel for sale to public agencies or nonprofit corporations that provide transportation to elderly or persons with disabilities; regulations. 1. A governing body may provide maintenance servic…

NRS 332.223 Use of facilities of local government by nonprofit corporation that provides ambulance services pursuant to franchise agreement. A nonprofit corporation that provides ambulance services pursuant to a franchise agreement with a local government may obtain supplies, mat…

NRS 332.225 Requirements of chapter unaffected by approval by governing body of application for federal grant. Approval by a governing body of an application for a federal categorical grant does not dispense with the requirements of this chapter for approval by the governing body…

NRS 332.300 Definitions. As used in NRS 332.300 to 332.440, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 332.310 to 332.350, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2003, 3049; A 2009, 965; 2013, 21…

NRS 332.310 “Building” defined. “Building” means any existing structure, building or facility, including any equipment, furnishings or appliances within the existing structure, building or facility, that is owned or operated by a local government. The term includes, without limit…

NRS 332.320 “Operating cost savings” defined. “Operating cost savings” means any expenses that are eliminated or avoided on a long-term basis as a result of the installation or modification of equipment, or services performed by a qualified service company. The term does not incl…

NRS 332.330 “Operating cost-savings measure” defined. “Operating cost-savings measure”: 1. Means any improvement, repair or alteration to a building, or any equipment, fixture or furnishing to be added or used in a building that is designed to reduce operating costs, including, w…

NRS 332.340 “Performance contract” defined. “Performance contract” means a written contract between a local government and a qualified service company for the evaluation, recommendation and implementation of one or more operating cost-savings measures. (Added to NRS by 2003, 3050…

NRS 332.350 “Qualified service company” defined. “Qualified service company” means a person who is qualified to bid on a performance contract pursuant to NRS 332.351 or 332.353. (Added to NRS by 2003, 3050; A 2009, 966)

NRS 332.351 Qualification as qualified service company; investigation and determination by local governments; confidentiality of certain information. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 332.353, a person who wishes to qualify as a qualified service company and submit a proposa…

NRS 332.352 Criteria for qualification as qualified service company. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 332.353, a local government shall use the following criteria for determining whether a person satisfies the requirements to be a qualified service company pursuant to NRS 3…

NRS 332.353 Additional circumstance in which person may be deemed qualified service company. Notwithstanding the provisions of NRS 332.352, a governing body may deem a person a qualified service company if the person has been determined by: 1. The State Public Works Division of t…

NRS 332.357 Duty of Office of Energy to provide information and educational resources; authority of Office of Energy to provide support to local government; fees; administration of account for fees; application for and receipt of other money for account; regulations. 1. The Offic…

NRS 332.360 Authority of local government to enter into performance contract; purpose of performance contract; operational audits; third-party consultants. 1. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter and chapter 338 of NRS to the contrary, a local government may enter into a…

NRS 332.362 Duty of board of trustees of school district to adopt policy concerning performance contracts; requirements for policy; annual report. 1. The board of trustees of a school district shall adopt a policy setting forth the process for evaluating whether work to be perfor…

NRS 332.370 Financing and structure of performance contract. 1. A performance contract may be financed through a person other than the qualified service company. 2. A performance contract must be structured to guarantee operating cost savings, which includes, without limitation, …

NRS 332.371 Requirements for performance contract that guarantees operating cost savings. A performance contract that guarantees operating cost savings must identify the specific dollar amount and units or percentages of consumption that the qualified service company anticipates …

NRS 332.380 Period over which payments become due. 1. A performance contract must provide that all payments, other than any obligations that become due if the contract is terminated before the contract expires, must be made over time. 2. Except as otherwise provided in this subse…

NRS 332.390 Prevailing wage requirement; duty of qualified service company to furnish bonds before entering into certain performance contracts. 1. If a performance contract entered into pursuant to NRS 332.300 to 332.440, inclusive, requires the employment of skilled mechanics, s…

NRS 332.400 Rights of local government and qualified service company if insufficient money appropriated by local government to make payments. Notwithstanding any provision of NRS 332.300 to 332.440, inclusive, to the contrary, a performance contract entered into pursuant to NRS 3…

NRS 332.410 Use of savings realized throughout term of contract. A local government may use any savings realized throughout the term of a performance contract to: 1. Make any payments required under the performance contract, including, without limitation, the payment of finance c…

NRS 332.420 Monitoring of cost savings attributable to operating cost-savings measures. 1. During the term of a performance contract, the qualified service company shall monitor the reductions in energy or water consumption and other operating cost savings attributable to the ope…

NRS 332.430 Qualified service company to provide information concerning performance contract to Office of Energy. A qualified service company shall provide to the Office of Energy information concerning each performance contract which the qualified service company enters into pur…