Title 27

NRS 333.360 Performance bonds; Administrator of Purchasing Division may require check or bond before entering into contract. 1. A bond furnished by a surety company authorized to do business in this state may be required by the Administrator for the proper performance of the cont…

NRS 333.365 Breach of contract: Penalties. 1. A person who has entered into a contract with the Purchasing Division or another agency of this state and who does not perform according to the terms of the contract is liable for, in addition to any other applicable damages for breac…

NRS 333.370 Appeal by person making unsuccessful bid or proposal. 1. A person who makes an unsuccessful bid or proposal may file a notice of appeal with the Purchasing Division and with the Hearings Division of the Department of Administration within 11 days after the date of awa…

NRS 333.372 Regulations concerning forms of security to be submitted with notice of appeal. The Administrator shall adopt regulations specifying the forms of security which may be submitted with a notice of appeal filed pursuant of NRS 333.370. (Added to NRS by 1995, 378)

NRS 333.375 Award of certain contracts to nonprofit organization or agency whose primary purpose is training and employment of persons with mental or physical disabilities. 1. The provisions of NRS 331.100 notwithstanding, and in accordance with the Program to Encourage and Facil…

NRS 333.380 Rules of Administrator to provide procedure for unscheduled or emergency purchases and purchases with money from State Purchasing Fund. Rules of the Administrator must provide the procedure for: 1. The purchase of commodities not scheduled under this chapter. 2. Emerg…

NRS 333.390 Authorization for using agency to purchase items not available directly from state contract; records. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 333.435, the Administrator may authorize using agencies to purchase items that are not available directly from an entity with w…

NRS 333.395 Contracts with certificated interstate or intrastate carriers of persons or property; informal quotations of rates. 1. Nothing in this chapter prohibits the Administrator or a using agency from contracting for interstate or intrastate carriage of persons or property w…

NRS 333.400 Purchase of commodities out of schedule: Quotations to be obtained; exceptions. 1. Every effort shall be made to obtain quotations from three or more vendors when commodities are to be purchased out of schedule, except when standard equipment parts for which prices ar…

NRS 333.405 Requirements for entering contract for services without competitive selection; objections to proposed award; reports. 1. Before entering into a contract for services without competitive selection, the Administrator or a using agency, as applicable, shall: (a) Conduct …

NRS 333.410 Quotations to be secured from state institutions; preference to products. So far as practicable, quotations shall be secured from institutions of the State whenever commodities or services are to be secured of kinds that they are prepared to supply through the labor o…

NRS 333.420 Delivery of supplies, material and equipment: Memoranda of shipments and invoices to be transmitted by seller. Every person, firm or corporation making or causing to be made any delivery of supplies, materials or equipment to any using agency of the State pursuant to …

NRS 333.430 Cooperation of two or more departments in securing supplies: Distribution of expense. Two or more departments may unite in cooperative work along lines germane to the functions of such departments and otherwise secure from each other supplies; and the heads thereof ma…

NRS 333.435 Purchase of prescription drugs, pharmaceutical services or medical supplies by using agency; maintenance of records. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a using agency shall purchase prescription drugs, pharmaceutical services, or medical supplies and rel…

NRS 333.450 Payment of claims for supplies, materials, equipment and services; annual assessment of fee for procurement and inventory services provided to using agencies; assessment of administrative fee on vendors for supplies, materials, equipment or services obtained on behalf…

NRS 333.460 Payment by using agency by transfer or warrant. Within 5 working days after the receipt of supplies, materials and equipment, each state officer, department, institution, board, commission or agency shall authorize the State Controller to draw money by transfer or war…

NRS 333.4603 Definitions. As used in this section and NRS 333.4606 and 333.4609, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Postconsumer waste” means a finished material which would normally be disposed of as a solid waste having completed its life cycle as a consumer item. 2. “R…

NRS 333.4606 Administrator of Purchasing Division to revise specifications for procuring goods and products; preference to purchase recycled products; conditions under which bidder whose product contains postconsumer waste deemed lowest bidder. 1. The Administrator shall review a…

NRS 333.4609 Regulations to give preference to purchase of recycled paper products; purchase of recycled paper products by Administrator of Purchasing Division. 1. After consultation with the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Administrator shall adopt re…

NRS 333.4611 Regulations establishing standards for devices that use electricity, natural gas, propane or oil; exceptions. 1. The Administrator shall adopt regulations which set forth standards to be used by using agencies when purchasing new appliances, equipment, lighting and o…

NRS 333.469 Use of facilities of Purchasing Division by Legislative and Judicial Departments and Civil Air Patrol to obtain supplies, materials and equipment. Any agency, bureau, commission or officer of the Legislative Department or the Judicial Department of the State Governmen…

NRS 333.470 Use of facilities of Purchasing Division by Nevada System of Higher Education, local governments and districts to obtain supplies, materials and equipment. The Nevada System of Higher Education, local governments as defined in NRS 354.474, conservation districts and i…

NRS 333.475 Entering into contract pursuant to solicitation for bid or proposal by other governmental entities. 1. The Administrator may enter into a contract pursuant to a solicitation for a bid or proposal by: (a) A governmental entity located in this State; or (b) A government…

NRS 333.480 Purchase and acquisition of supplies, materials or equipment from vendor who has entered into agreement with General Services Administration or certain other federal agencies; prohibition if contractor’s license required for agreement. 1. Except as otherwise provided …

NRS 333.490 Procurement and distribution of federal surplus property to eligible institutions and organizations; creation of Surplus Property Administration Account. 1. The Administrator shall secure, warehouse and distribute throughout the state federal donable surplus property …

NRS 333.495 Authorizations to secure transfer of federal surplus property to state departments, agencies or political subdivisions. 1. Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the governing board or, if there be none, the executive head of any state department or age…

NRS 333.700 Definition; contracts for services; regulations. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 333.705, a using agency may contract for the services of a person as an independent contractor. Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, each such contract must be awarded…

NRS 333.705 Contracts for services: Limitations and requirements; approval by State Board of Examiners; emergencies; reports to Interim Finance Committee; exceptions. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a using agency shall not enter into a contract with a person to …

NRS 333.710 Contracts for security services when personnel of Capitol Police Division not available; use of independent contractors by Supreme Court. 1. If personnel of the Capitol Police Division of the Department of Public Safety are not available to provide security services f…

NRS 333.800 Prohibited acts by bidders before award of contract; penalty. 1. Before a contract is awarded, a person who has provided a bid or proposal on the contract or an officer, employee, representative, agent or consultant of such a person shall not: (a) Make an offer or pro…

NRS 333.810 Purchases and contracts made contrary to provisions of chapter void; liability of state officers and employees; exception. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, any purchase and any contract for the purchase of any service, supplies, materials or equipment,…

NRS 333.820 Purchase of information system or system of communication for use by response agency prohibited unless complies with state plan. 1. On and after October 1, 2005, the Administrator, the Purchasing Division or a using agency shall not purchase an information system or s…

NRS 333A.005 Legislative declaration. The Legislature hereby declares that it is the policy of this State to encourage, to the extent practicable, a using agency to: 1. Utilize the process set forth in this chapter to implement any operating cost-savings measure to reduce costs r…

NRS 333A.010 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 333A.015 to 333A.070, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2003, 3054; A 2005, 2901)

NRS 333A.015 “Board” defined. “Board” means: 1. If the using agency that enters into a performance contract is the Nevada System of Higher Education, the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada; or 2. For any other using agency that enters into a performance contract, the St…

NRS 333A.020 “Building” defined. “Building” means any structure, building or facility, including any equipment, furnishings or appliances within the structure, building or facility, that is owned or operated by a using agency. The term includes, without limitation, occupied and u…

NRS 333A.030 “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 inc…

NRS 333A.040 “Operating cost-savings measure” defined. “Operating cost-savings measure” 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 those…

NRS 333A.050 “Performance contract” defined. “Performance contract” means a contract between a using agency and a qualified service company for the evaluation, recommendation and implementation of one or more operating cost-savings measures. (Added to NRS by 2003, 3055)

NRS 333A.060 “Qualified service company” defined. “Qualified service company” means a person with a record of established projects or a person with demonstrated technical, operational, financial and managerial capabilities to design and carry out operating cost-savings measures a…

NRS 333A.070 “Using agency” defined. “Using agency” means all officers, departments, institutions, boards, commissions and other agencies in the Executive Department of the State Government which derive their support from public money in whole or in part, whether the money is pro…

NRS 333A.075 Authority of using agency to enter into performance contract; purpose of performance contract; compliance with applicable building codes. 1. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, chapter 333 and 338 of NRS to the contrary, a using agency may enter into a per…

NRS 333A.080 Procedure for determination of qualified service companies by State Public Works Division; request for qualifications; adoption of criteria; factors; compilation of list of qualified service companies. 1. The State Public Works Division of the Department of Administr…

NRS 333A.082 Notification to qualified service companies; selection of qualified service company; financial-grade audit required. 1. The Purchasing Division of the Department of Administration shall work directly with any using agency interested in entering into a performance con…

NRS 333A.084 Requirements for comprehensive audits. 1. Each comprehensive audit performed pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 333A.082 must include, without limitation: (a) An assessment of any operating cost-savings measure that might be implemented within the build…

NRS 333A.086 Third-party consultants. 1. A using agency that selects a qualified service company pursuant to NRS 333A.082 shall retain the professional services of a third-party consultant to work on behalf of the using agency in coordination with the qualified service company. 2…