Nevada § 271A.140 - Subcontracts: Duties of contractor or developer and municipality

Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 271A.140 — Subcontracts: Duties of contractor or developer and municipality, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 271A.140. Subcontracts: Duties of contractor or developer and municipality

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, a contractor or developer who enters

into a contract to which the provisions of subsection 3 or 5 of NRS 271A.130 apply shall: (a) Advertise for at least 7 calendar days for bids on each subcontract for the performance

of any portion of the contract; (b) At least 2 business days before the first day of that advertisement, provide notice

of that advertisement to the governing body of the municipality; (c) Make available to all prospective bidders on the subcontract a written set of

plans and specifications for the pertinent work; (d) Provide public notice of the name and address of each person who submits a bid

on the subcontract; and (e) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, after closing the period for the

solicitation of bids and receiving at least three timely and responsive bids, select

any subcontractor from those timely and responsive bids that the contractor or developer,

in his or her sole discretion, determines to be appropriate. 2. If the contractor or developer does not receive at least three timely and responsive

bids during the period for the solicitation of bids, the contractor or developer shall

repeat the process set forth in paragraphs (a) to (d), inclusive, of subsection 1. After closing the second period for the solicitation of bids prescribed by this

subsection, the contractor or developer shall select any subcontractor from the timely

and responsive bids received pursuant to this subsection or subsection 1 that the

contractor or developer, in his or her sole discretion, determines to be appropriate,

regardless of whether the contractor or developer received at least three timely and

responsive bids. 3. The contractor or developer shall ensure that each subcontractor who will perform

any portion of the contract is appropriately licensed pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS . 4. The provisions of subsections 1, 2 and 3 do not apply to: (a) Any contract which is awarded by a municipality; or (b) Any project which is constructed or maintained by a governmental entity on any

property while the governmental entity owns that property. 5. A governing body of a municipality that receives a notice of an advertisement for

bids pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 or subsection 2: (a) Shall, upon such receipt, post notice of the advertisement on an Internet website

maintained by the municipality; and (b) May otherwise provide notice of the advertisement to local trade organizations

and the general public.

Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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