2010 Nevada Code
TITLE 28 PUBLIC WORKS AND PLANNING
Chapter 338 Public Works
NRS 338.1725 Selection of finalists based on preliminary proposals; availability to public of results of evaluations of preliminary proposals and rankings of design-build teams.

NRS 338.1725 Selection of finalists based on preliminary proposals; availability to public of results of evaluations of preliminary proposals and rankings of design-build teams.

1. The public body shall select at least two but not more than four finalists from among the design-build teams that submitted preliminary proposals. If the public body does not receive at least two preliminary proposals from design-build teams that the public body determines to be qualified pursuant to this section and NRS 338.1721, the public body may not contract with a design-build team for the design and construction of the public work.

2. The public body shall select finalists pursuant to subsection 1 by:

(a) Verifying that each design-build team which submitted a preliminary proposal satisfies the requirements of NRS 338.1721; and

(b) Conducting an evaluation of the qualifications of each design-build team that submitted a preliminary proposal, including, without limitation, an evaluation of:

(1) The professional qualifications and experience of the members of the design-build team;

(2) The performance history of the members of the design-build team concerning other recent, similar projects completed by those members, if any;

(3) The safety programs established and the safety records accumulated by the members of the design-build team; and

(4) The proposed plan of the design-build team to manage the design and construction of the public work that sets forth in detail the ability of the design-build team to design and construct the public work.

3. After the selection of finalists pursuant to this section, the public body shall make available to the public the results of the evaluations of preliminary proposals conducted pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2 and the rankings of the design-build teams who submitted preliminary proposals.

(Added to NRS by 1999, 3470; A 2001, 2016, 2022; 2003, 119; 2005, 1811)