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NV Rev Stat § 333.350 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 333 - Purchasing: State|NRS 333.350 - Contracts for separate items or portions or groups of items or for portions or groups of portions of project; rejection of all bids or proposals; necessary open market purchases; withdrawal of bid or proposal; records of bids and proposals.

  1. A contract may be awarded for separate items or portions or groups of items, or for separate portions or groups of portions of a project, as the best interest of the State requires.  2. If, in the judgment of the Administrator, no satisfactory:  (a) Bid has been received, the Administrator may reject all bids and shall promptly advertise for new bids as provided in this chapter. Until a satisfactory contract is awarded, the Administrator may make as many open market purchases of the commodities involved as are urgently needed to meet the requirements.  (b) Proposal has been received, the Administrator may reject all proposals and may advertise for new proposals as provided in this chapter.  3. The Administrator may allow a person to withdraw his or her bid or proposal without penalty if:  (a) The Administrator believes that an obvious error has been made by the person which would cause him or her financial hardship; and  (b) The contract has not yet been awarded.  4. Each bid or proposal and the name of the person making the bid or proposal must be entered on a record. The record, with the name of the successful bidder or proposer indicated thereon, must, after the award of the contract, be open to public inspection.  [24:333:1951] — (NRS A 1963, 1057; 1985, 44; 1991, 622)
NV Rev Stat § 333.355 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 333 - Purchasing: State|NRS 333.355 - Administrator of Purchasing Division may request check or bond to accompany bid or proposal.

  1. The Administrator may request that a certified check, cashier’s check or bond, in an amount not to exceed 5 percent of the total value of the bid or proposal, accompany a bid or proposal, if the request applies to each person who submits a bid or proposal.  2. No division or department of the State is liable for any expense incurred by or loss of income sustained by any person because of a request made pursuant to subsection 1.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 619)
NV Rev Stat § 333.360 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 333 - Purchasing: State|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 contract. The Administrator may request a certified check, cashier’s check or bond, in an amount not to exceed the total amount of the contract, before entering into a contract with a person who submits a successful bid or proposal.  2. No division or department of the State is liable for any expense incurred by or loss of income sustained by any person because of a request made pursuant to subsection 1.  [25:333:1951] — (NRS A 1963, 1058; 1991, 623)
NV Rev Stat § 333.365 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 333 - Purchasing: State|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 breach of contract, a penalty of not more than 5 percent of the total value of the bid or contract. The penalty must be recovered in a civil action upon the complaint of the Administrator in any court of competent jurisdiction. In addition to recovering the penalty and any other applicable damages, the Administrator may refuse to accept a bid from the person or refuse to award a contract to the person, or both, for not more than 2 years.  2. If the Administrator does not bring an action to recover the penalty prescribed by subsection 1, he or she may:  (a) Refuse to accept a bid from the person, refuse to award a contract to the person, or both, for not more than 2 years; and  (b) Impose an administrative penalty, in an amount not to exceed 5 percent of the total value of the bid or contract. Such a penalty may be recovered only after notice is given to the person by mail.  3. A penalty imposed pursuant to subsection 1 or 2 may be deducted from any payment due the person or, if a bond has been issued or a check received, a claim may be made against the bond or check. If no payment is due and no bond was issued or check received, the Administrator may issue a claim for payment of the penalty. The claim must be paid within 30 days.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 619; A 1997, 487; 2003, 870)
NV Rev Stat § 333.372 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 333 - Purchasing: State|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)
NV Rev Stat § 333.375 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 333 - Purchasing: State|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 Facilitate Purchases by Agencies of Commodities and Services From Organizations established pursuant to NRS 334.025, the Purchasing Division may award without accepting competitive bids a contract for services or the purchase of commodities to nonprofit organizations or agencies whose primary purpose is the training and employment of persons with a mental or physical disability, including, without limitation, a provider of jobs and day training services certified pursuant to NRS 435.130 to 435.310, inclusive.  2. A nonprofit organization or agency that:  (a) Wishes to submit a bid for such a contract must:  (1) Register with the Purchasing Division as required pursuant to NRS 334.025; and  (2) Establish a fair-market price for those services or commodities by conducting a market survey and must include the survey with the bid submitted to the Purchasing Division.  (b) Is awarded such a contract must report quarterly to the Purchasing Division as required pursuant to NRS 334.025.  3. As used in this section, "nonprofit organization or agency" means an organization or agency that is recognized as exempt pursuant to the provisions of 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3).  (Added to NRS by 1987, 1641; A 2001, 1536; 2007, 2494; 2009, 2237; 2017, 1546)
NV Rev Stat § 333.380 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 333 - Purchasing: State|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. Emergency purchases, defining emergencies and stating the conditions under which emergency purchases may be made, by an agency not specifically authorized by statute to establish its own procedure for emergency purchases.  3. Purchases made with money from the State Purchasing Fund.  [27:333:1951] — (NRS A 1963, 1058; 1983, 388; 1987, 1021)
NV Rev Stat § 333.390 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 333 - Purchasing: State|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 which the Purchasing Division has entered into a contract if such a purchase is made in accordance with the State Administrative Manual created by NRS 232.004, provisions of this chapter and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto.  2. Each authorization must be revocable at the discretion of the Administrator.  3. A using agency that receives an authorization shall keep a record of:  (a) Its accounts and expenditures pursuant to that authority; and  (b) Evidence indicating that every effort has been made to secure competitive bidding to the extent practicable.  [28:333:1951] — (NRS A 1963, 1058; 1965, 225; 1975, 72; 1979, 176; 1985, 45; 1987, 102; 1991, 623; 2003, 548; 2019, 784)
NV Rev Stat § 333.395 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 333 - Purchasing: State|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 with a certificated common or contract carrier at the rates set forth in the officially approved tariff of such carrier.  2. Nothing in this section prohibits the Administrator or a using agency from soliciting informal rate quotations.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 1057)
NV Rev Stat § 333.400 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 333 - Purchasing: State|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 are established must be obtained from the manufacturer of the equipment or his or her agent or when the article needed is a patented or proprietary one and therefore obtainable from only one source of supply.  2. Urgent requests for immediate purchasing shall be discouraged as much as is practicable.  3. When supplies, materials and equipment urgently are required and time does not permit the obtaining of written quotations, the Administrator may obtain quotations by telephone or otherwise, but such quotations shall be confirmed in writing, and records of all quotations so obtained shall be made on the relative purchase requisitions.  [29:333:1951] — (NRS A 1963, 1059)
NV Rev Stat § 333.410 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 333 - Purchasing: State|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 of inmates, and preference shall be given to the products of such institutions, price, quality and time of delivery being considered.  [30:333:1951]
NV Rev Stat § 333.420 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 333 - Purchasing: State|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 any contract or order, whether oral or written, and whether made by the Administrator or by any other officer or agency of the State, promptly shall:  1. Transmit to the agency to which such delivery is made a memorandum of shipment, showing the number of, or other identifying reference to, the contract or order number under which the delivery is made and containing a statement of the commodities shipped and the quantities thereof.  2. Submit an invoice to the Administrator on the form and in the number of copies prescribed by the Administrator or under the authority of the Administrator.  [33:333:1951] — (NRS A 1963, 1059)
NV Rev Stat § 333.430 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 333 - Purchasing: State|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 may agree among themselves on the distribution of the expense to be incurred, subject to the approval of the Administrator or a designated agent of the Administrator.  [38:333:1951] — (NRS A 1963, 1059)
NV Rev Stat § 333.435 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 333 - Purchasing: State|NRS 333.435 - Purchase of prescription drugs, pharmaceutical services or medical supplies by using agency.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a using agency shall purchase prescription drugs, pharmaceutical services, or medical supplies and related services, or any combination thereof, only through the Purchasing Division.  2. A using agency may, on its own behalf or in cooperation with one or more other using agencies or other governmental entities within or outside this State, purchase prescription drugs, pharmaceutical services, or medical supplies and related services from an entity other than the Purchasing Division if the using agency or using agencies or other governmental entities, as applicable, can obtain the best value for prescription drugs, pharmaceutical services, or medical supplies and related services from the other entity and the Purchasing Division is unable to match or exceed that best value in a timely manner.  3. If a using agency purchases prescription drugs, pharmaceutical services, or medical supplies and related services from an entity other than the Purchasing Division pursuant to subsection 2, the using agency shall report to the Purchasing Division, within 10 days after the initial purchase:  (a) The purchase price for the prescription drugs, pharmaceutical services, or medical supplies and related services; and  (b) The name, address and telephone number of the entity that sold the using agency the prescription drugs, pharmaceutical services, or medical supplies and related services.  (Added to NRS by 2003, 547; A 2005, 670)
NV Rev Stat § 333.450 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 333 - Purchasing: State|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 of entities on a voluntary basis to offset operating expenses of Purchasing Division; regulations.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 227.185, claims for supplies, materials, equipment and services purchased pursuant to the provisions of this chapter must, when approved by the Administrator, be paid in the same manner as other claims against the State are required to be paid.  2. The Administrator shall annually assess each using agency a fee for the procurement and inventory services provided by the Purchasing Division to the using agency. The fee must be based on the using agency’s use of the procurement and inventory services of the Purchasing Division during preceding years. The Administrator shall adjust the formula for calculating the fee each biennium.  3. If an agency is not a using agency, the Administrator shall assess a fee of not more than the cost to the Purchasing Division to process the order for the agency.  4. If the Purchasing Division has obtained supplies, materials, equipment or services pursuant to a single contract or order from a vendor on behalf of two or more using agencies or governmental entities which have obtained supplies, materials, equipment or services on a voluntary basis from the Purchasing Division pursuant to NRS 333.469 or 333.470, or any combination thereof, the Administrator may assess and collect from the vendor an administrative fee in an amount not to exceed 4 percent of the total cost of the supplies, materials, equipment or services.  5. The administrative fee collected pursuant to subsection 4 may be used by the Administrator to offset the operating expenses of the Purchasing Division, including, without limitation, the implementation and maintenance of a system of on-line bidding or a computer system for the management and reporting of the procurement process.  6. The Administrator may adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.  7. As used in this section, "on-line bidding" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 333.313.  [44:333:1951; A 1953, 585] — (NRS A 1963, 1059; 1965, 1021; 1973, 628; 1983, 388; 1995, 368; 1999, 1415; 2003, 628; 2011, 457; 2017, 2175)
NV Rev Stat § 333.460 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 333 - Purchasing: State|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 warrant from the using agency’s account for payment of the claim.  [46:333:1951; A 1953, 585] — (NRS A 1963, 1060; 1965, 224, 1022; 1983, 388; 1991, 624; 1999, 1416)
NV Rev Stat § 333.4603 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 333 - Purchasing: State|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. "Recycled paper product" means all paper and wood-pulp products containing in some combination at least 50 percent of its total weight:  (a) Postconsumer waste; and  (b) Secondary waste,  but does not include fibrous waste generated during the manufacturing process such as fibers recovered from wastewater or trimmings of paper machine rolls, wood slabs, chips, sawdust or other wood residue from a manufacturing process.  3. "Secondary waste" means fragments of products or finished products of a manufacturing process, which has converted a virgin resource into a commodity of real economic value.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1674)
NV Rev Stat § 333.4606 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 333 - Purchasing: State|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 and revise the specifications for procuring goods and products for the using agencies to eliminate discrimination against the procurement or purchase of recycled products whenever the quality of a recycled product is reasonably equal to the same product manufactured with virgin resources. Except for specifications which have been established to preserve the public health and safety, all specifications for procurement must be established in a manner which results in the maximum procurement and purchase of recycled products.  2. When purchasing goods and products for the using agencies, the Administrator shall give preference to recycled products if:  (a) The product meets the applicable standards;  (b) The product can be substituted for a comparable nonrecycled product; and  (c) The product costs no more than a comparable nonrecycled product.  3. When purchasing goods and products for the using agencies, the Administrator may give preference to recycled products if:  (a) The product meets the applicable standards;  (b) The product can be substituted for a comparable nonrecycled product; and  (c) The product costs no more than 5 percent more than a comparable nonrecycled product.  4. To encourage the use of postconsumer waste, a bidder who manufactures a product in Nevada that contains postconsumer waste shall be deemed to be the lowest bidder if:  (a) At least 50 percent of the product, by weight, contains postconsumer waste;  (b) The product complies with the applicable standards; and  (c) The amount of the bid is not more than 10 percent higher than the bid of any other bidder.  5. A bidder whose product contains postconsumer waste shall certify in writing:  (a) That the product contains postconsumer waste; and  (b) The percentage of postconsumer waste, by weight, that is contained in the product.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1674)
NV Rev Stat § 333.4609 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 333 - Purchasing: State|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 regulations governing the bidding procedure and specifications for paper and paper products purchased by the Purchasing Division that encourage the maximum purchase of recycled paper products. The specifications must give preference to recycled paper products manufactured with the highest percentage of recycled material.  2. When purchasing any paper or paper products for use by a using agency, the Administrator shall purchase recycled paper products if the specific recycled paper product is:  (a) Available at a price not more than that of paper products made from virgin material;  (b) Of adequate quality; and  (c) Available to the purchaser within a reasonable period.  3. When purchasing any paper or paper products for use by a using agency, the Administrator may purchase recycled paper products if the specific recycled paper product is:  (a) Available at a price not more than 10 percent higher than that of paper products made from virgin material;  (b) Of adequate quality; and  (c) Available to the purchaser within a reasonable period.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1675)
NV Rev Stat § 333.4611 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 333 - Purchasing: State|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 other devices that use electricity, natural gas, propane or oil. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the standards must require that such new appliances, equipment, lighting and other devices have received the Energy Star label pursuant to the program established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 6294a, or its successor, or meet the requirements established pursuant to 48 C.F.R. § 23.203.  2. The standards described in subsection 1 do not apply insofar as:  (a) No items in a given class of appliances, equipment, lighting or other devices have been evaluated to determine whether they are eligible to receive the Energy Star label or have been designated by the Federal Government to meet the requirements established pursuant to 48 C.F.R. § 23.203; or  (b) The purchase of new appliances, equipment, lighting or other devices that have received the Energy Star label would not be cost-effective in an individual instance, comparing the cost of the item to the cost of the amount of energy that will be saved over the useful life of the item.  (Added to NRS by 2009, 2754)
NV Rev Stat § 333.469 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 333 - Purchasing: State|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 Government or the Nevada Wing of the Civil Air Patrol or any squadron thereof may obtain supplies, materials and equipment on a voluntary basis through the facilities of the Purchasing Division.  (Added to NRS by 1963, 488; A 1975, 338; 1983, 1900; 2019, 785)