408.3885 - Procedure for selecting finalists from among design-build teams that submitted preliminary proposals.

408.3885  Procedure for selecting finalists from among design-build teams that submitted preliminary proposals.

      1.  The Department shall select at least three but not more than five finalists from among the design-build teams that submitted preliminary proposals. If the Department does not receive at least three preliminary proposals from design-build teams that the Department determines to be qualified pursuant to this section and NRS 408.3884, the Department may not contract with a design-build team for the design and construction of the project.

      2.  The Department shall select finalists pursuant to subsection 1 by:

      (a) Verifying that each design-build team which submitted a preliminary proposal satisfies the requirements of NRS 408.3884; and

      (b) Conducting an evaluation of the qualifications of each design-build team that submitted a preliminary proposal, including, without limitation, an evaluation of:

             (1) The professional qualifications and experience of the members of the design-build team;

             (2) The performance history of the members of the design-build team concerning other recent, similar projects completed by those members, if any;

             (3) The safety programs established and the safety records accumulated by the members of the design-build team;

             (4) The proposed plan of the design-build team to manage the design and construction of the project that sets forth in detail the ability of the design-build team to design and construct the project; and

             (5) The degree to which the preliminary proposal is responsive to the requirements of the Department for the submittal of a preliminary proposal.

      (Added to NRS by 1999, 3485; A 2001, 2020, 2022; 2003, 119)