1.  Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, if the estimated annual amount required to perform a contract is more than $50,000 but not more than $100,000, the governing body or its authorized representative:

Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 332.063

  • Authorized representative: means a person designated by the governing body to be responsible for the development, award and proper administration of all purchases and contracts for a local government or a department, division, agency, board or unit of a local government made pursuant to this chapter. See Nevada Revised Statutes 332.025
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Governing body: means the board, council, commission or other body in which the general legislative and fiscal powers of the local government are vested. See Nevada Revised Statutes 332.025
  • Responding offeror: means a person who responds to a solicitation made by a governing body or its authorized representative. See Nevada Revised Statutes 332.025
  • Solicitation: means a written statement which sets forth the requirements and specifications of a contract to be awarded by:

    (a) An invitation to bid;

    (b) A request for proposals;

    (c) A request for a statement of qualifications;

    (d) A request for a quotation; or

    (e) Any other accepted method of purchasing that complies with the provisions of this chapter. See Nevada Revised Statutes 332.025

  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

(a) Shall solicit responses from two or more persons capable of performing the contract, if such persons are available; and

(b) May advertise the contract in the manner prescribed in NRS 332.045.

2.  The governing body or its authorized representative shall award such a contract on the basis of price, taking into account the minimum requirements of a responding offeror prescribed in the solicitation pursuant to NRS 332.043 and the method prescribed in that solicitation for awarding the contract.