1. 1. In accordance with the Program to Encourage and Facilitate Purchases by Agencies of Commodities and Services From Organizations established pursuant to NRS 334.025, a governing body or its authorized representative may award, without complying with the requirements for a competitive solicitation set forth in this chapter, a contract for services or for the purchase of supplies, materials, equipment or labor to a nonprofit organization or agency whose primary purpose is the training and employment of persons with a mental or physical disability, including, without limitation, a provider of jobs and day training services certified pursuant to NRS 435.130 to 435.310, inclusive.

2. 2. A nonprofit organization or agency that:

   1. (a) Wishes to submit a response to a solicitation must:

      1. (1) Register with the Purchasing Division of the Department of Administration as required pursuant to NRS 334.025; and
      2. (2) Establish a fair-market price for those services, supplies, materials, equipment or labor by conducting a market survey and must include the survey with the response submitted to the local government.
   2. (b) Is awarded such a contract must report quarterly to the Purchasing Division as required pursuant to NRS 334.025.
3. 3. As used in this section, “nonprofit organization or agency” means an organization or agency that is recognized as exempt pursuant to the provisions of 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3).

(Added to NRS by 2001, 1535; A 2007, 2493; 2009, 2237; 2017, 1546; 2019, 775)