1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 338.158 to 338.168, inclusive, a public body shall contract with a prime contractor for the construction of a public work for which the estimated cost exceeds $100,000.
2. A public body may contract with a design-build team for the design and construction of a public work that is a discrete project if the public body has approved the use of a design-build team for the design and construction of the public work and the public work has an estimated cost which exceeds $5,000,000.
3. Within any 12-month period, a public body may contract with a design-build team for the design and construction of not more than two discrete public works projects, each of which have an estimated cost of $5,000,000 or less if the public body has approved the use of a design-build team.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 3467; A 2001, 2013, 2022, 2275; 2003, 119, 157, 2025, 2439; 2005, 1808; 2007, 2903; 2011, 3698; 2013, 2983; 2017, 3206, 4034)