1. The Division shall not award a contract to a person who, at the time of the bid, is not properly licensed under the provisions of chapter 624 of NRS or if the contract would exceed the limit of the persons license. A subcontractor who is: (a) Named in the bid for the contract as a subcontractor who will provide a portion of the work on the public work pursuant to NRS 338.141 ; and (b) Not properly licensed for that portion of the work, or who, at the time of the bid, is on disqualified status with the Division pursuant to NRS 338.1376 , shall be deemed unacceptable. If the subcontractor is deemed unacceptable pursuant to this subsection, the contractor shall provide an acceptable subcontractor with no increase in the amount of the contract or bid. 2. A local government awarding a contract for a public work shall not award the contract to a person who, at the time of the bid, is not properly licensed under the provisions of chapter 624 of NRS or if the contract would exceed the limit of the persons license. A subcontractor who is: (a) Named in the bid for the contract as a subcontractor who will provide a portion of the work on the public work pursuant to NRS 338.141 ; and (b) Not properly licensed for that portion of work, shall be deemed unacceptable. If the subcontractor is deemed unacceptable pursuant to this subsection, the contractor shall provide an acceptable subcontractor with no increase in the amount of the contract or bid. 3. If, after awarding the contract, but before commencement of the work, the public body or its authorized representative discovers that the person to whom the contract was awarded is not licensed, or that the contract would exceed the persons license, the public body or its authorized representative shall rescind the award of the contract and may accept the next lowest bid for that public work from a responsive bidder who was determined by the public body or its authorized representative to be a qualified bidder pursuant to NRS 338.1379 or 338.1382 without requiring that new bids be submitted.
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