NAC408.680. Unsolicited proposal: Authority of Department to issue request for qualifications or request for proposals.

     1. If the Department receives an unsolicited proposal which complies with the requirements of NRS 408.5475 and NAC 408.650 to 408.698, inclusive, and the Department determines pursuant to NRS 408.5483 that the unsolicited proposal identifies a transportation facility that serves a public purpose, the Department may:

     (a) Issue a request for qualifications pursuant to NAC 408.674; or

     (b) Issue a request for proposals pursuant to NRS 408.548 and NAC 408.650 to 408.698, inclusive.

     2. If the Department elects not to issue a request for qualifications pursuant to NAC 408.674 for the transportation facility, the Department may proceed directly to issuing a request for proposals.

     3. A request for proposals issued by the Department must set forth:

     (a) The criteria the Department will use to select the apparent successful proposer, including, without limitation, the relative weight to be assigned to each criterion;

     (b) The date and time on which the proposal must be submitted to the Department; and

     (c) The information set forth in subsection 2 of NAC 408.684.

     4. The Department may, when issuing a request for qualifications or a request for proposals based on a transportation facility set forth in an unsolicited proposal, modify the scope of the project and issue the requests based on the modified scope.

     5. The Department may require a proposer who submits an unsolicited proposal to submit a qualification submittal or submit a proposal, as applicable, in response to the Department’s request for qualifications or request for proposals.

     (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Transportation by R172-09, eff. 4-20-2010)