Nevada Code § 338.1696

Negotiation of contract for construction of public work or portion thereof with construction manager at risk; awarding of contract if public body unable to negotiate satisfactory contract with construction manager at risk; provision by construction manager at risk of information concerning public work and subcontractors
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1. If a public body enters into a contract
with a construction manager at risk for preconstruction services pursuant to NRS 338.1693 , after the public body has
finalized the design for the public work, or any portion thereof sufficient to
determine the provable cost of that portion, the public body shall enter into
negotiations with the construction manager at risk for a contract to construct
the public work or the portion thereof for the public body for:
(a) The cost of the work, plus a fee, with a
guaranteed maximum price;
(b) A fixed price; or
(c) A fixed price plus reimbursement for overhead
and other costs and expenses related to the construction of the public work or
portion thereof.
2. If the public body is unable to
negotiate a satisfactory contract with the construction manager at risk to
construct the public work or portion thereof, the public body shall terminate
negotiations with that applicant and:
(a) May award the contract for the public work:
(1) If the public body is not a local
government, pursuant to the provisions of NRS
338.1377 to 338.139 , inclusive.
(2) If the public body is a local
government, pursuant to the provisions of NRS
338.1377 to 338.139 , inclusive, or 338.143 to 338.148 , inclusive; and
(b) Shall accept a bid to construct the public
work from the construction manager at risk with whom the public body entered
into a contract for preconstruction services.
3. Before entering into a contract with
the public body to construct a public work or a portion thereof pursuant to
subsection 1, the construction manager at risk shall:
(a) Provide the public body with a list of the
labor or portions of the work which are estimated by the construction manager
at risk to exceed 1 percent of the estimated cost of the public work; and
(b) Select each subcontractor who is to provide
labor or a portion of the work which is estimated by the construction manager
at risk to exceed 1 percent of the estimated cost of the public work in
accordance with NRS 338.16991 and 338.16995 and provide the names of each
selected subcontractor to the public body.
4. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 13 of NRS 338.16995 , a
public body shall not interfere with the right of the construction manager at
risk to select the subcontractor whom the construction manager at risk determines
to have submitted the best proposal pursuant to NRS 338.16995 .

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