338.141 - Bids to include certain information concerning subcontractors; when bids deemed not responsive with respect to subcontractors; requirements for substitution of named subcontractors.
338.141 Bids to include certain information concerning subcontractors; when bids deemed not responsive with respect to subcontractors; requirements for substitution of named subcontractors.
1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 338.1727, each bid submitted to a public body for any public work to which paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 338.1385 or paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 338.143 applies, must include:
(a) If the public body provides a list of the labor or portions of the public work which are estimated by the public body to exceed 3 percent of the estimated cost of the public work, the name of each first tier subcontractor who will provide such labor or portion of the work on the public work which is estimated to exceed 3 percent of the estimated cost of the public work; or
(b) If the public body does not provide a list of the labor or portions of the public work which are estimated by the public body to exceed 3 percent of the estimated cost of the public work, the name of each first tier subcontractor who will provide labor or a portion of the work on the public work to the prime contractor for which the first tier subcontractor will be paid an amount exceeding 5 percent of the prime contractor’s total bid. If the bid is submitted pursuant to this paragraph, within 2 hours after the completion of the opening of the bids, the contractors who submitted the three lowest bids must submit a list containing the name of each first tier subcontractor who will provide labor or a portion of the work on the public work to the prime contractor for which the first tier subcontractor will be paid an amount exceeding 1 percent of the prime contractor’s total bid or $50,000, whichever is greater, and the number of the license issued to the first tier subcontractor pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS.
2. The lists required by subsection 1 must include a description of the labor or portion of the work which each first tier subcontractor named in the list will provide to the prime contractor.
3. A prime contractor shall include his or her name on a list required by paragraph (a) of subsection 1 if the prime contractor will perform any of the work required to be listed pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1.
4. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, if a contractor:
(a) Fails to submit the list within the required time; or
(b) Submits a list that includes the name of a subcontractor who, at the time of the submission of the list, is on disqualified status with the State Public Works Board pursuant to NRS 338.1376,
Ê the contractor’s bid shall be deemed not responsive. A contractor’s bid shall not be deemed not responsive on the grounds that the contractor submitted a list that includes the name of a subcontractor who, at the time of the submission of the list, is on disqualified status with the State Public Works Board pursuant to NRS 338.1376 if the contractor, before the award of the contract, provides an acceptable replacement subcontractor in the manner set forth in subsection 1 or 2 of NRS 338.13895.
5. A contractor whose bid is accepted shall not substitute a subcontractor for any subcontractor who is named in the bid, unless:
(a) The public body or its authorized representative objects to the subcontractor, requests in writing a change in the subcontractor and pays any increase in costs resulting from the change.
(b) The substitution is approved by the public body or its authorized representative. The substitution must be approved if the public body or its authorized representative determines that:
(1) The named subcontractor, after having a reasonable opportunity, fails or refuses to execute a written contract with the contractor which was offered to the named subcontractor with the same general terms that all other subcontractors on the project were offered;
(2) The named subcontractor files for bankruptcy or becomes insolvent;
(3) The named subcontractor fails or refuses to perform his or her subcontract within a reasonable time or is unable to furnish a performance bond and payment bond pursuant to NRS 339.025; or
(4) The named subcontractor is not properly licensed to provide that labor or portion of the work.
(c) If the public body awarding the contract is a governing body, the public body or its authorized representative, in awarding the contract pursuant to NRS 338.1375 to 338.139, inclusive:
(1) Applies such criteria set forth in NRS 338.1377 as are appropriate for subcontractors and determines that the subcontractor does not meet that criteria; and
(2) Requests in writing a substitution of the subcontractor.
6. If a contractor indicates pursuant to subsection 1 that he or she will perform a portion of work on the public work and thereafter requests to substitute a subcontractor to perform such work, the contractor shall provide to the public body a written explanation in the form required by the public body which contains the reasons that:
(a) A subcontractor was not originally contemplated to be used on that portion of the public work; and
(b) The substitution is in the best interest of the public body.
7. As used in this section:
(a) “First tier subcontractor” means a subcontractor who contracts directly with a prime contractor to provide labor, materials or services for a construction project.
(b) “General terms” means the terms and conditions of a contract that set the basic requirements for a public work and apply without regard to the particular trade or specialty of a subcontractor, but does not include any provision that controls or relates to the specific portion of the public work that will be completed by a subcontractor, including, without limitation, the materials to be used by the subcontractor or other details of the work to be performed by the subcontractor.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2130; A 2001, 573, 2268; 2003, 2130, 2430, 2500; 2005, 1803)