1.  Before a local government or its authorized representative advertises for bids for a contract for a public work, the local government or its authorized representative shall perform a review of the approved plans and specifications to determine if the plans and specifications are complete and contain all necessary information and specifications to construct the public work, if:

Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 338.1435

  • Authorized representative: means a person designated by a public body to be responsible for the development, solicitation, award or administration of contracts for public works pursuant to this chapter. See Nevada Revised Statutes 338.010
  • Contract: means a written contract entered into between a contractor and a public body for the provision of labor, materials, equipment or supplies for a public work. See Nevada Revised Statutes 338.010
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Contractor: means :

    (a) A person who is licensed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 624 of NRS. See Nevada Revised Statutes 338.010

  • Local government: means every political subdivision or other entity which has the right to levy or receive money from ad valorem or other taxes or any mandatory assessments, and includes, without limitation, counties, cities, towns, boards, school districts and other districts organized pursuant to chapters 244A, 318, 318A, 379, 474, 538, 541, 543 and 555 of NRS, NRS 450. See Nevada Revised Statutes 338.010
  • person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
  • Public work: means any project for the new construction, repair or reconstruction of a project financed in whole or in part from public money for:

    (a) Public buildings;

    (b) Jails and prisons;

    (c) Public roads;

    (d) Public highways;

    (e) Public streets and alleys;

    (f) Public utilities;

    (g) Publicly owned water mains and sewers;

    (h) Public parks and playgrounds;

    (i) Public convention facilities which are financed at least in part with public money; and

    (j) All other publicly owned works and property. See Nevada Revised Statutes 338.010

(a) The plans and specifications are to be used for the first time on a public work; and

(b) The plans and specifications are for a public work that has an estimated cost which exceeds $10,000,000.

2.  A constructability review required pursuant to subsection 1 must be performed by an architect registered pursuant to chapter 623 of NRS, a contractor licensed pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS or a professional engineer licensed pursuant to chapter 625 of NRS and must include, without limitation:

(a) A determination of whether a competent contractor would be able to construct the public work based on the approved plans and specifications; and

(b) A review of the approved plans and specifications for the public work for completeness, clarity and economic feasibility.

3.  If the local government or its authorized representative does not employ a person who has the expertise to perform a constructability review as described in subsection 2, the local government or its authorized representative must contract with an independent third party who is an architect registered pursuant to chapter 623 of NRS, a contractor licensed pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS or a professional engineer licensed pursuant to chapter 625 of NRS to perform the constructability review. A contract entered into pursuant to this section between a local government or its authorized representative and an independent third party is not required to be awarded by competitive bidding.

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