1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Administrator may purchase or acquire on behalf of the State of Nevada, and all officers, departments, institutions, boards, commissions, schools and other agencies in the Executive Department of the State Government, volunteer fire departments, local governments as defined in NRS 354.474, conservation districts or irrigation districts of the State of Nevada, any supplies, materials or equipment of any kind required or deemed advisable for the state officers, departments, institutions, boards, commissions, schools, volunteer fire departments and other agencies or local governments as defined in NRS 354.474, conservation districts or irrigation districts that may be available pursuant to an agreement with a vendor who has entered into an agreement with the General Services Administration or another federal agency dealing in supplies, materials, equipment or donable surplus material if:
(a) The prices for the supplies, materials or equipment negotiated in the agreement that the Administrator enters into with the vendor are substantially similar to the prices for those supplies, materials or equipment that the vendor had negotiated with the General Services Administration or other federal agency; and
(b) The Administrator determines that such an agreement would be in the best interests of the State.
2. The Administrator shall not enter into an agreement pursuant to subsection 1 if a contractor’s license issued pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS is required for any portion of the agreement.
[42:333:1951; A 1953, 585]—(NRS A 1963, 49, 489, 1285; 1975, 249; 1989, 2145; 2001, 1320; 2013, 69; 2019, 785)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 333 - Purchasing: State
NRS 333.030 - Administration of chapter.
NRS 333.060 - Qualifications of Administrator of Purchasing Division.
NRS 333.100 - Assistants: Number; qualifications.
NRS 333.110 - Offices of Purchasing Division.
NRS 333.120 - State Purchasing Fund: Creation; amount; use.
NRS 333.125 - Temporary transfers from State General Fund to State Purchasing Fund.
NRS 333.135 - Regulations establishing procedures for awarding contracts.
NRS 333.140 - Policy of securing best value.
NRS 333.150 - Purchases or contracts for rental or lease for using agencies.
NRS 333.160 - Methods of supplying needs of using agencies.
NRS 333.162 - Methods of obtaining a contract; regulations.
NRS 333.195 - Donation of certain supplies, materials and equipment to certain organizations.
NRS 333.200 - Inventory of supplies and materials stored centrally: Duties; records.
NRS 333.210 - Standards and specifications.
NRS 333.230 - Central supply services.
NRS 333.250 - Classification of commodities; schedules of purchases by classes.
NRS 333.260 - Estimates of requirements.
NRS 333.280 - Contract for furnishing supplies, materials and equipment: Period and form; extension.
NRS 333.310 - Advertisements for bids or proposals: Contents and publication.
NRS 333.313 - On-line bidding.
NRS 333.320 - Specification for bids for supplying state institutions: Requirements.
NRS 333.333 - Proprietary information regarding trade secret: Confidentiality; disclosure.
NRS 333.3351 - Preference for bid or proposal submitted by Nevada-based business: Definitions.
NRS 333.3356 - Preference for bid or proposal submitted by Nevada-based business: Regulations.
NRS 333.337 - Duties of persons authorized to enter into contracts pursuant to this chapter.
NRS 333.339 - Prohibition against entering or renewing certain contracts.
NRS 333.365 - Breach of contract: Penalties.
NRS 333.370 - Appeal by person making unsuccessful bid or proposal.
NRS 333.372 - Regulations concerning forms of security to be submitted with notice of appeal.
NRS 333.400 - Purchase of commodities out of schedule: Quotations to be obtained; exceptions.
NRS 333.410 - Quotations to be secured from state institutions; preference to products.
NRS 333.430 - Cooperation of two or more departments in securing supplies: Distribution of expense.
NRS 333.460 - Payment by using agency by transfer or warrant.
NRS 333.700 - Definition; contracts for services; regulations.
NRS 333.800 - Prohibited acts by bidders before award of contract; penalty.