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SenateSession Bill(83rd) A SB313 510 Amendment No.
313–Senator510 DalySenate CHAPTER..........Amendment to Senate Bill No.
313 (BDR 27-558) Proposed by:
Senate Committee on Government Affairs Amends:
Summary:
No Title:
Yes Preamble:
No Joint Sponsorship:
No Digest:
Yes ASSEMBLY ACTION Initial and Dat| SENATE ACTION Initial and Date Adopted Lost | Adopted Lost Concurred In Not | Concurred In Not Receded Not | Receded Not EXPLANATION:
Matter in (1) blue bold italics is new language in the original bill;
(2) variations of green bold underlining is language proposed to be added in this amendment;
(3) red strikethrough is deleted language in the original bill;
(4) purple double strikethrough is language proposed to be deleted in this amendment;
(5) orange double underlining is deleted language in the original bill proposed to be retained in this amendment.
EGO/HAC - Date:
4/20/2025 S.B.
No.
313—Revises provisions relating to state purchasing.
(BDR 27-558) Page 1 of 5 *A_SB313_510* Senate Amendment No.
510 to Senate Bill No.
313 Page 3 SENATE BILLN O.
313–SENATOR DALY M ARCH 10,2025 _______________ Referred to Committee on Government Affairs SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to state purchasing.
(BDR 27-558) FISCAL NOTE:
Effect on Local Government:
No.
Effect on the State:
Yes.
~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
revising provisions relating to extensions of contracts for supplies, materials,materials , [and] equipment [;] and services;
The State Purchasing Act governs the purchasing of services, supplies, materials and equipment by agencies of the Executive Department of the State Government, with certain exceptions.
(Chapter 333 of NRS) The Act requires that certain actions be taken beforebeforen entering into a contract for the purchase of Administratorcommodities offrom the Purchasing Division of the Department of Administration orhe an agency subject to the Act, as applicable, to take certain actions before entering into a contractsole forsource. services without competitive selection.
(NRS 333.400) Section 1 of this bill requires the Administrator of the Purchasing Division of the Department of Administration or an agency subject to the Act, as applicable, to take certain actions before entering into a contract for services [from a sole source.] without competitive selection.
Section 1 also requires the Administrator to submit an annual report to [the Interim Finance Committee] specified recipients regarding such contracts.
With certain exceptions, the Act authorizes the Administrator to enter into contracts for the furnishing of supplies, materials and equipment for a period of not extendmore suchthan contracts2 inyears. certain circumstances.
(NRSUnder 333.280) Section 2 of this bill expands such authority to contracts for services and provides a procedure for the extensionAct, of a contract after the expirationAdministrator ofis theauthorized periodto ofannually performanceextend statedsuch incontracts the solicitation or advertisement for the contract and any extension authorized in thatcertain solicitationcircumstances. or advertisement.
(NRS 333.280) Section 2 of this bill [limits such authority, with certain exceptions, to not more than one extension and prescribes the term of the extension on the basis of the increase in the scope or price of] expands such authority to contracts for services and provides a procedure for the extension [.] of a contract after the expiration and any extension authorized in that solicitation or advertisement.
(1)(1)ontract requires the Administrator to submit a report to the Legislative Commission regarding any using agency that fails to comply with the procedure;
EXPLANATIONSenate –Amendment MatterNo. in bolded italics is new;
matter510 between brackets [omitted material] is material to beSenate omitted.Bill No.
313 Page 4 THE PSENATEPEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
IN Section 1.
Before entering into a contract for services [from a sole source,] without competitive selection, the Administrator or a using agency, as applicable, shall:
- 83rd Session (2025) – 2 – (1) The efforts made by the Administrator or using agency to identify additional vendors;
(c) Post a notice of the proposed contract, including, without limitation, the report prepared pursuant to paragraph (b), on the website of the Division for at least 11 days before awarding theethe contract.
or (b)awarding Post on the websitecontract ofwithout thecompetitive Divisionselection.nt a statement of the justification for awarding4. the contract without competitive selection.
4.
On or before October 1 of each year, the Administrator shall submit [to the Interim Finance Committee] a compilation of the reports prepared and notices of objection filed pursuant to this section during the immediatelyofimmediately preceding fiscal year [.] to:
[Except as otherwise provided in this subsection,] A using agency or the Administrator on behalf of a using agency may enter into a contract using a standard form of contract, by solicitation in accordance with the provisions of NRS 333.300 or by advertising in accordance with the provisions of NRS 333.310, for the furnishing of supplies, materials , [and] equipment and services for the period of performance stated in the solicitation or advertisement for the contract, which must not be more than [2] 10 -years 83rd. Session (2025) – 3 – the use of a manufacturing process which emphasizes the efficientote use of energy or to promote the manufacture of products which use recycled materials, the Administrator may enter into such a contract for not more than 3 years.] 2.
The[. original terms of a contract may be extended [annually] thereafter if the conditions for such an extension are specified in the original solicitation [,] or advertisement and the Administrator determines that an extension is in the best interest of the State.
If an extended contractual period is necessary to promote the use of a manufacturing process which emphasizes the efficient use of energy or to promote the manufacture of products which use recycled materials, the Administrator may enter into such a contract for not more than 3 years.] Senate Amendment No.
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313 Page 5 2.
The [Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the] original terms of a contract may be extended [annually only once] thereafter if the conditions for such an extension are specified in the original solicitation [,] or advertisement and the Administrator determines that an extension is in the best interest of the State.
[If the scope or price of the extension would constitute an increase in the scope or price of the original contract of:
(a) Less than 10 percent, the extension must not exceed 2 years;
or (b) Ten percent or more but less than 15 percent, the extension must not exceed 1 year.
If the scope or price of the extension would constitute an increase in the scope or price of the original contract of 15 percent or more, the original contract may not be extended.] 3.
and (c) The Administrator directs the using agency in writing to solicit or advertise and award a contract for the supplies, materials, equipment or services by competitive selection before the expiration of the extension.
If the Administrator submits a report to the Legislative Commission pursuant to subsection 4, the executive head of the using agency that is the subject of the report shall appeartheappear personally before the Legislative Commission to explain the reason that the using agency did not award a contract as directed pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 3.
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