1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Administrator may purchase or acquire on behalf of the State of Nevada, and all officers, departments, institutions, boards, commissions, schools and other agencies in the Executive Department of the State Government, volunteer fire departments, local governments as defined in NRS 354.474, conservation districts or irrigation districts of the State of Nevada, any supplies, materials or equipment of any kind required or deemed advisable for the state officers, departments, institutions, boards, commissions, schools, volunteer fire departments and other agencies or local governments as defined in NRS 354.474, conservation districts or irrigation districts that may be available pursuant to an agreement with a vendor who has entered into an agreement with the General Services Administration or another federal agency dealing in supplies, materials, equipment or donable surplus material if:

(a) The prices for the supplies, materials or equipment negotiated in the agreement that the Administrator enters into with the vendor are substantially similar to the prices for those supplies, materials or equipment that the vendor had negotiated with the General Services Administration or other federal agency; and

(b) The Administrator determines that such an agreement would be in the best interests of the State.

2. The Administrator shall not enter into an agreement pursuant to subsection 1 if a contractor’s license issued pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS is required for any portion of the agreement.

[42:333:1951; A 1953, 585] — (NRS A 1963, 49, 489, 1285; 1975, 249; 1989, 2145; 2001, 1320; 2013, 69; 2019, 785)