Nevada Revised Statutes 332.117 – Award of certain contracts to nonprofit organization or agency whose primary purpose is training and employment of persons with mental or physical disabilities
1. In accordance with the Program to Encourage and Facilitate Purchases by Agencies of Commodities and Services From Organizations established pursuant to NRS 334.025, a governing body or its authorized representative may award, without complying with the requirements for a competitive solicitation set forth in this chapter, a contract for services or for the purchase of supplies, materials, equipment or labor to a nonprofit organization or agency whose primary purpose is the training and employment of persons with a mental or physical disability, including, without limitation, a provider of jobs and day training services certified pursuant to NRS 435.130 to 435.310, inclusive.
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 332.117
- 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
- local government: means :
(a) Every political subdivision or other entity which has the right to levy or receive money from ad valorem taxes or other taxes or from any mandatory assessments, including counties, cities, towns, school districts and other districts organized pursuant to chapters 244, 318, 318A, 379, 450, 474, 539, 541, 543 and 555 of NRS. See Nevada Revised Statutes 332.015
- 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
2. A nonprofit organization or agency that:
(a) Wishes to submit a response to a solicitation must:
(1) Register with the Purchasing Division of the Department of Administration as required pursuant to NRS 334.025; and
(2) Establish a fair-market price for those services, supplies, materials, equipment or labor by conducting a market survey and must include the survey with the response submitted to the local government.
(b) Is awarded such a contract must report quarterly to the Purchasing Division as required pursuant to NRS 334.025.
3. As used in this section, ‘nonprofit organization or agency’ means an organization or agency that is recognized as exempt pursuant to the provisions of 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3).