Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 333 - Purchasing: State
PROCEDURES FOR AWARDING CONTRACTS
Section 333.170 - Procedures for award or withdrawal of contract

Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 333.170

Current through December 12, 2024

1. If the chief of the using agency, the Administrator, or the committee to evaluate proposals selects a proposal for the award of the contract, the person designated by the Administrator or the using agency as the contact person pursuant to NAC 333.155 shall provide to each person who submitted a proposal a written notice of intent to award the contract. The notice of intent to award the contract must:

(a) Identify the proposal selected for the award of the contract; and

(b) State that the award of the contract is contingent upon the successful negotiation of the final terms of the contract with the person selected for the award of the contract.

2. After the contract has been awarded on a contingency basis, the negotiations of the final terms of the contract are confidential and must not be disclosed to any other person who has submitted a proposal until a final contract is agreed upon.

3. If a final contract is not agreed upon:

(a) The person designated by the Administrator or the using agency as the contact person pursuant to NAC 333.155 shall:
(1) Provide written notice to each person who submitted a proposal; and

(2) Issue a written withdrawal of the award to the person whose proposal was selected for the award of the contract and with whom the chief of the using agency, the Administrator, or the committee to evaluate proposals was unable to agree upon a final contract.

(b) The Administrator will, and the chief of the using agency and the committee to evaluate proposals shall:
(1) Negotiate, in a manner consistent with the provisions of subsection 2, the final terms of the contract with the person who submitted the proposal that received the next highest score; or

(2) Withdraw the request for proposals.

4. The Administrator will, and the chief of the using agency and the committee to evaluate proposals shall, repeat the procedure set forth in this section until a final contract is agreed upon or the request for proposals is withdrawn.

5. After the contract has been executed by all the appropriate parties, the person designated by the Administrator or the using agency as the contact person pursuant to NAC 333.155 shall provide to each person who submitted a proposal a written notice of the award of the contract. The notice of the award of the contract must:

(a) Identify the proposal pursuant to which the contract will be awarded provided that, if applicable, the contract is approved by the State Board of Examiners;

(b) State that the 10-day period after which a person who makes an unsuccessful proposal may file a notice of appeal as set forth in subsection 1 of NRS 333.370 has commenced; and

(c) State that a person who made an unsuccessful proposal may file a notice of appeal pursuant to NRS 333.370.

Added to NAC by Chief of Purchasing Div. by R099-99, eff. 12-13-99; A by R078-01, 12-17-2001

NRS 333.130, 333.135

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