Procedure for determination of qualified service companies by State Public Works Division; request for qualifications; adoption of criteria; factors; compilation of list of qualified service companies.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 333A.080
in effect1. The State Public Works Division of the Department of Administration shall determine those companies that satisfy the requirements of qualified service companies for the purposes of this chapter. In making such a determination, the State Public Works Division of the Department of Administration shall enlist the assistance of the staffs of the Office of Energy, the Buildings and Grounds Section of the State Public Works Division of the Department of Administration and the Purchasing Division of the Department of Administration. The State Public Works Division of the Department of Administration shall prepare and issue a request for qualifications to not less than three potential qualified service companies.
2. In sending out a request for qualifications, the State Public Works Division of the Department of Administration:
(a) Shall attempt to identify at least one potential qualified service company located within this State; and
(b) May consider whether and to what extent the companies to which the request for qualifications will be sent will use local contractors.
3. The State Public Works Division of the Department of Administration shall adopt, by regulation, criteria to determine those companies that satisfy the requirements of qualified service companies. The criteria for evaluation must include, without limitation, the following areas as substantive factors to assess the capability of such companies:
(a) Design;
(b) Engineering;
(c) Installation;
(d) Maintenance and repairs associated with performance contracts;
(e) Experience in conversions to different sources of energy or fuel and other services related to operating cost-savings measures provided that is done in association with a comprehensive energy, water or waste disposal cost-savings retrofit;
(f) Monitoring projects after the projects are installed;
(g) Data collection and reporting of savings;
(h) Overall project experience and qualifications;
(i) Management capability;
(j) Ability to access long-term financing;
(k) Experience with projects of similar size and scope; and
(l) Such other factors determined by the State Public Works Division of the Department of Administration to be relevant and appropriate to the ability of a company to perform the projects.
Ê In determining whether a company satisfies the requirements of a qualified service company, the State Public Works Division of the Department of Administration shall also consider whether the company holds the appropriate licenses required for the design, engineering and construction which would be completed pursuant to a performance contract.
4. The State Public Works Division of the Department of Administration shall compile a list of those companies that it determines satisfy the requirements of qualified service companies.
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-333A.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026