Nevada § 338.1725 - Selection of finalists based on preliminary proposals; minimum number of proposals required; availability to public of certain information

§ 338.1725. 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.