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Nevada Revised Statutes Title 28. Public Works and Planning § 338.140. Requirements and limitations relating to drafting of specifications for bids; documents generated by bidder in preparation or determination of prices included in bid

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

1. A public body shall not draft or cause to be drafted specifications for bids, in connection with a public work:

(a) In such a manner as to limit the bidding, directly or indirectly, to any one specific concern.

(b) Except in those instances where the product is designated to match others in use on a particular public improvement either completed or in the course of completion, calling for a designated material, product, thing or service by specific brand or trade name unless the specification lists at least two brands or trade names of comparable quality or utility and is followed by the words “or equal” so that bidders may furnish any equal material, product, thing or service.

(c) In such a manner as to hold the bidder to whom such contract is awarded responsible for extra costs incurred as a result of errors or omissions by the public body in the contract documents.

(d) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, in such a manner as to require a bidder to furnish to the public body, whether before or after the bid is submitted, documents generated in the preparation or determination of prices included in the bid, except when requested by the public body for:

(1) A determination of the price of additional work performed pursuant to a change order;

(2) An evaluation of claims for costs incurred for the performance of additional work;

(3) Preparation for arbitration or litigation;

(4) A determination of the validity of the protest of a bid;

(5) A determination of the validity of an increase or decrease in the price of a contract in accordance with a provision in the contract which authorizes such an increase or decrease to correspond to changing market conditions; or

(6) Any combination thereof.

2. A public body may, at the time a bid is submitted, require documents generated in the preparation or determination of prices included in the bid to be transmitted to and stored electronically by the public body or a third party. Any document furnished by a bidder pursuant to this subsection may be transmitted and stored electronically if the manner of transmission ensures that the documents are exclusively accessible to the bidder. Electronic transmission and storage of such documents does not waive or otherwise affect the proprietary interests of the bidder in the documents, except that the third party or the bidder must release any document furnished pursuant to this subsection if requested by the public body pursuant to paragraph (d) of subsection 1.

3. In those cases involving a unique or novel product application required to be used in the public interest, or where only one brand or trade name is known to the public body, it may list only one.

4. Specifications must provide a period of time of at least 7 days after award of the contract for submission of data substantiating a request for a substitution of “an equal” item.

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Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Nevada Revised Statutes Title 28. Public Works and Planning § 338.140. Requirements and limitations relating to drafting of specifications for bids; documents generated by bidder in preparation or determination of prices included in bid - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nv/title-28-public-works-and-planning/nv-rev-st-338-140/

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