Nevada Revised Statutes 332.820 – Effect of collusion among responding offerors or advance disclosures of information
1. Any agreement or collusion among responding offerors or prospective responding offerors in restraint of freedom of competition by agreement to respond with a fixed price, or otherwise, shall render the responses of such responding offerors void.
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 332.820
- 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
- Proprietary information: means :
(a) Any trade secret or confidential business information that is contained in a response submitted to a governing body or its authorized representative on a particular contract; or
(b) Any other trade secret or confidential business information submitted to a governing body or its authorized representative by a responding offeror and designated as proprietary by the governing body or its authorized representative. 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
2. Advance disclosures of proprietary information or any other information to any particular responding offeror which would give that particular responding offeror any advantage over any other interested responding offeror in advance of the opening of responses, whether in response to advertising or an informal solicitation, made or permitted by a member of the governing body or an employee or representative thereof, shall operate to void all responses received in response to that particular solicitation.