NRS338.1725. Selection of finalists based on preliminary proposals; minimum number of proposals required; availability to public of certain information.

      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;

      (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; and

      (c) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, assigning, without limitation, a relative weight of 5 percent to the possession of both a certificate of eligibility to receive a preference in bidding on public works by all contractors on the design-build team and a certificate of eligibility to receive a preference when competing for public works by all design professionals on the design-build team. If any federal statute or regulation precludes the granting of federal assistance or reduces the amount of that assistance for a particular public work because of the provisions of this paragraph relating to a preference in bidding on public works or a preference when competing for public works, those provisions of this paragraph do not apply insofar as their application would preclude or reduce federal assistance for that 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 identify which of the finalists, if any, received an assignment of 5 percent pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 2.

      (Added to NRS by 1999, 3470; A 2001, 2016, 2022; 2003, 119; 2005, 1811; 2011, 3699)