NRS332.148. Failure to receive responsible bids.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, when a governing body or its authorized representative has advertised for or requested bids in letting a contract and no responsible bids are received, the governing body or its authorized representative may let the contract without competitive bidding not less than 7 days after it publishes a notice stating that no bids were received on the contract and that the contract may be let without further bidding.

      2.  A governing body or its authorized representative shall entertain any bid which is submitted after it publishes such notice and before the expiration of the waiting period.

      (Added to NRS by 1977, 463; A 1999, 1685)