41NHA-S3259-Request-for-Proposals - FINAL 10-16.docx

Nevada State Purchasing Division Department of Administration 515 E Musser St Ste 300 Carson City, NV 89701 purchasing.nv.gov nevadaepro.com

Request for Qualifications 41NHA-S3529

Release Date 10/17/2025

Solicitation number 41NHA-S3529

Single point of contact name Heather Moon

Single point of contact email hmoon@admin.nv.gov

Single point of contact phone 775-531-3309

Soliciting agency State of Nevada, Purchasing Division

Contracting agency Nevada Health Authority

Solicitation title Health Care Purchasing, Procurement & Market Analysis Services

Deadline for submissions 11/19/2025 @ 2:00 P.M. PST

For deaf and hard of hearing, call 711 and ask the relay agency to dial the single point of contact phone number above.

This request for proposals is available at nevadaepro.com as a bid solicitation.

Table of Contents

Applicable regulations governing procurement

Statute and code. All applicable Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS) and Nevada Administrative Code (NAC) documentation can be found at: www.leg.state.nv.us/law1.cfm.

Single point of contact. Vendors and their representatives shall only contact the single point of contract or use the electronic procurement system regarding this solicitation until after a notice of award (NOA) has been issued. Failure to observe this restriction may result in disqualification of a response per NAC 333.155(3).

Ethics. Prospective vendors are advised to review Nevada’s ethical standards requirements, including but not limited to NRS 281A, NRS 333.800, and NAC 333.155.

Project Overview

The State of Nevada Purchasing Division, on behalf of the Department of the Nevada Health Authority (Department) is seeking proposals from qualified vendors to establish a pool of consultants and consulting firms to: (1) support the development of a state purchasing strategy for public health care programs and the marketplace in Nevada; (2) provide expertise and technical assistance on options for leveraging the state’s buying power with carriers across multiple markets; (3) economic and actuarial modeling of market options and purchasing strategies to support state decision-making; and (4) complex health care procurement material drafting and actuarial services on an on-call or per project basis as described in the scope of work and attachments. Actuarial services provided will require compliance with applicable Actuarial Standards of Practice (ASOPs).

The State intends to award up to three contracts for each of the two project types as described in the Scope of Work (SOW) in conjunction with this Request for Qualifications (RFQ), as determined in the best interests of the State. The Department shall administer contract(s) resulting from this RFQ. Awarded vendors may vary by project type. The resulting contract(s) are expected to be for a contract term of four (4) years, subject to Board of Examiners’ approval.

Vendors have the option of limiting the availability of their health care economic and actuarial services to a specific project or line of business (i.e. Medicaid, Public Employee Benefits Program, or the Exchange Marketplace). Any limitations or restrictions of services and expertise by marketplace or project must be clearly identified in the vendor’s response.

Any specific project described in this request will include the required services and any additional minimum qualifications/requirements that must be met by vendors to be considered for selection.

Each awarded vendor will be contracted to perform the necessary services on an “as needed” basis. The contracts will not guarantee utilization but will set down all other necessary specifications for the performance of the services required.

Vendor proposals should include a description of relevant experience with state government and private sector clients. Proof of the experience of all proposed subcontractors must be provided.

The narrative must thoroughly describe how the vendor has supplied expertise for similar contracts and must include the extent of their experience, expertise and knowledge in performing actuarial services, economic modeling, market impact analyses, and state procurement or purchasing strategies related to health care projects the vendor is responding to.

The vendor’s proposal must indicate how many states the vendor’s staff have successfully assisted with similar projects related to services described in the scopes.

The vendor’s proposal should describe at least two project successes that provided the services listed in this RFQ for states.

The vendor’s proposal should describe staff expertise, experience and availability to perform contracted services, as well as staff credentials.

Nature of the Contracts: Health Care Purchasing, Procurement & Market Analysis Services

Each awarded vendor’s contract will be written for a maximum dollar value.

An awarded vendor’s selection by the State and subsequent executions of a contract bears no commitment by the State to use the services of that vendor during the contract term.

When the need for contract services arises, the Department may select any number of awarded vendors to receive a brief description of the service needed to submit a cost proposal; the Department will then choose the contracted vendor they deem most appropriate for the project and issue a work order document.

Any document, material, or other information acquired by the awarded vendors for assigned work performed for the division are the property of the state and shall be turned over to the division upon request.

Upon reasonable notice, awarded vendors must be available for meetings with Department staff and/or other relevant parties. It is preferred for awarded vendors to attend meetings remotely via videoconference.

Characteristics required for successful vendors:

Understanding of State and Federal requirements for Medicaid, the Exchange Marketplace, and Public Employee Coverage Programs.

Extensive knowledge of and experience in state purchasing and contracting strategies and drafting of procurement materials for health care coverage programs that allow states to leverage their buying power to obtain better value from participating carriers or other types of vendors.

Successful experience in advising states or clients on how best to align health care provider network requirements and value-based strategies across markets to achieve improved outcomes, increased administrative efficiencies, and reduced provider burden.

Expertise and experience in defining and developing (directly or through a subvendor) actuarial and market-impact analyses and economic modeling and using the results to guide state decision-making for various market reforms to health insurance programs.

Extensive experience or expertise in conducting similar projects or activities for states related to the projects and goals of this request.

Strong professional standards and reputation for quality work and successful outcomes for clients.

Cost: Cost statement or schedule must be returned with your response that includes a detailed accounting of hourly rates for consulting policy experts, actuaries, economists, and other team members assigned to the project for each of the two project scopes of work provided in this request.

Compensation and Billing:

The Department reserves the right to establish the dollar value for each contract. An awarded vendor's contract shall in no way represent a commitment to the awarded vendor for services or compensation.

All invoices shall be submitted timely by the Contractor for approval from the Department. The Department will review and respond to the Contractor within ten (10) business days if clarification regarding the invoice is needed prior to payment.

The Contractor’s final invoice for each project must clearly indicate "FINAL INVOICE." The final payment shall not be paid by the State until the final report or deliverable for the project is received and accepted by the Department.

For Services Billed to the Department:

Upon review and acceptance by the State, payments for invoices are normally made within 30 - 45 days of receipt, providing all required information, documents and/or attachments have been received.

The Contractor shall not add any additional costs other than those in the Department’s approved Task Order without prior written approval from the Department Director.

Hourly rates shall be all inclusive and are not reimbursed for travel expenses.

Any work product submitted by the vendor deemed by the Director of the Department to be unusable for the purpose under which it was commissioned, shall not be billable under this contract. Approval of work product shall not be withheld unreasonably.

Pursuant to NRS 227.185 and NRS 333.450, the State shall pay claims for supplies, materials, equipment, and services purchased under the provisions of this RFQ electronically, unless determined by the State Controller that the electronic payment would cause the payee to suffer undue hardship or extreme inconvenience.

Goals and Objectives

The Department seeks to contract with nationally recognized consulting and actuarial firm(s) in the health insurance or health care industry to support the development and implementation of a state purchasing strategy for public health coverage programs in Nevada and associated actuarial and economic modeling associated with such strategy.

The Department will be looking for the highest quality of services available to support its goals and objectives for all all the mandated functions under the Department’s jurisdiction.

Vendors must clearly demonstrate the expertise, technical knowledge and ability to complete the scope of work outlined in this proposal.

Confidentiality agreements must be signed and in place prior to collection of data.

The specific goals and objectives of each project will be included in the scope of work and deliverables.

Scope of Work

Project Type #1: Expert Procurement & Purchasing Services for Health Care Coverage Programs

The primary objective of this project is to develop and implement a state strategy or plan for procuring or purchasing health care coverage programs via certain vendors or carriers under the purview of the Nevada Health Authority’s jurisdiction in a manner that improves access to affordable, quality health care for program recipients, while minimizing the cost of health care to the State, and strengthening the network of providers available for these programs.

Services Requested for Project Type #1: Vendors awarded a contract for this project type may be asked to provide one or more of the following services at any point during the term of the contract:

An assessment of current coverage programs under the Department’s jurisdiction to determine where alignment, efficiencies, or other opportunities could exist through a state purchasing strategy or other market reforms that allow the Department to achieve its primary goal for this project.

Development of a plan for a state purchasing strategy specific to the coverage programs under the purview of the Department, which considers the various limitations of any state or federal authorities needed to achieve the state’s primary goal of this project and provides for phased approaches to achieving various components of the plan in a manner that mitigates any risk of market disruptions and changes to benefits and costs for recipients.

Technical and expert assistance on options for leveraging the state’s buying power with carriers across multiple markets, including options for aligning contract requirements across markets in a manner that achieves the primary goal of this project.

Expert technical assistance and support for the establishment of the Department’s new process for procurement services for these programs, including drafting of future purchasing materials, scopes of work, and request for proposals as requested by the Department in relation to the state strategy or plan developed under this RFQ.

Project management, including drafting a work plan and facilitating regular meetings with state staff for the project.

Development of, and assistance with, preparing any written materials and presentations for stakeholder engagement necessary for the development of a state purchasing strategy or plan.

Other technical assistance, expert consultation, and additional services as requested by the Department in alignment with the primary goal of this project.

Minimum Qualifications for Project Type #1: To qualify for an award for Project Type #1, a vendor must show in their response that they sufficiently satisfy all of the following qualifications:

Vendor has seasoned expert consultants assigned to the project team who have relevant government experience in supporting the design and implementation of reforms in various markets at the state level (i.e., Medicaid, Public Employees Benefits, and/or Exchange Marketplace) through various innovative procurement, purchasing, and contracting strategies with carriers, providers, and/or third party administrators.

Vendor team (including any identified subvendors) has sufficient knowledge and expertise in state and federal rules and requirements affecting Medicaid, Public Employees Benefits, and Exchange Marketplace), including expertise in applicable federal waivers (e.g., Section 1115 of Title XIX of the Social Security Act and Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act), to support the Department‘s efforts.

Vendor has experience supporting state clients with designing and implementing innovative market reforms that have had (or should likely have) some level of success in improving health outcomes, increasing access to care, and/or controlling health care spending (state and consumer spending).

Vendor’s project team has sufficient staffing and capacity so that there is not a risk of overreliance on junior level staff, with an adequate number of expert consultants and senior staff listed as project managers, key consultants, or leads for this project.

Project Type #2: Expert Actuarial & Economic Modeling Services

The primary objective of this project is to provide the Department with the necessary skilled expertise and resources for conducting various types of actuarial and economic modeling to evaluate market options as part of the Department’s efforts to satisfy its duties under state law for improving access to affordable, quality health care for health care program recipients, while minimizing the cost of health care to the State and strengthening the network of providers available for these programs. This includes supporting data-driven decision-making by the Department, the Board of the Public Employee Benefits Program, and state policymakers, as applicable, via expert projections and estimated impacts of program changes.

Services Requested for Project Type #2:

Vendors awarded a contract for this project type may be asked to provide one or more of the following services at any point during the term of the contract:

Conduct comprehensive assessments of proposals identified by the Department, including but not limited to assessing the impact on coverage availability, state spending and costs (i.e., state budget and consumer out of pocket costs, as applicable), market risk pool(s), provider reimbursement, state’s health care economy, network alignment, and market competitiveness and stability.

Provide recommendations to the Department for addressing any potential negative impacts identified in modeling conducted by the vendor.

Other technical assistance, expert consultation, and additional modeling and analysis as requested by the Department in alignment with the primary goal of this project.

Minimum Qualifications for Project Type #2: To qualify for an award under this RFQ, a vendor must show in their response that they sufficiently satisfy all of the following requirements including:

Vendor complies with the Society of Actuaries, maintains recommended designations for actuarial staff assigned to modeling for this project, and provides memberships to the American Academy of Actuaries for actuarial staff assigned to modeling for this project.

Vendor project team (including any identified subvendors) includes actuaries who have experience in, and knowledge of, the Department’s coverage programs with at least one consulting actuary who has a minimum of three (3) years of experience as a consulting actuary and at least one lead actuary with a minimum of three (3) years of relevant experience as a lead actuary. (If a vendor’s actuarial team does not have experience in each of the three coverage programs under the Department’s jurisdiction, the vendor may still receive an award if it has extensive experience in at least two of the markets and can show in its response how the vendor will be able to meet the goals of the Department for purposes of this RFQ.)

Vendor’s project team (including any identified subvendors) consists of a mix of market and policy experts, actuaries, and at least one economist or consultant with the capacity and expertise necessary to assess economic impacts as requested by the Department.

Vendor’s project team has sufficient staffing and capacity so that there is not a risk of overreliance on junior level staff, with an adequate number of expert consultants and senior staff listed as project managers, key consultants, or leads for this project.

Vendor has experience assisting state clients with similar modeling of market reforms and strategies to align market requirements and design innovative payment models or other market structures designed to contain costs and improve the overall success of a coverage market or markets.

General Requirements for Project Types # 1 & 2:

In addition to the Scope of Work and Attachments, the items listed in this section are critical to the success of the project. These items will be used in evaluating and scoring the proposal. Vendor proposal should address items in this section in enough detail to provide evaluators an accurate understanding of vendor capabilities. Proposals that fail to sufficiently respond to these items may be considered non-responsive.

Vendor must include a submission of resumes of key personnel who will be assigned to this project with relevant credentials, licensure, certification, as applicable to the needs of this project. These resumes must be submitted with vendors’ responses to this request.

Vendor must provide a declaration regarding any clients that may present a potential for a conflict of interest for the vendor in this project and how the vendor intends to ensure any potential conflicts with existing clients are addressed prior to the commencement of any work on this project, including, but not limited to, the explicit recusal of partners, staff or other advisors at the vendor’s firm from the details of the project.

Attachments

Attachments incorporated by reference. To be read and not returned.

Terms and conditions for services Business Associate Agreement Business Continuity Agreement

Attachments for review. To be read and not returned (unless redlining).

Standard form contract Insurance schedule

Attachments for response. To be completed and returned.

Cost Schedule Proposed Staff Resume Reference Questionnaire Vendor information response Certification regarding lobbying

Timeline

Questions. All questions regarding this solicitation shall be submitted using the bid Q&A feature at nevadaepro.com.

Timeline. The following represents the proposed timeline for this project.

All times stated are Pacific Time (PT).

These dates represent a tentative schedule of events.

The State reserves the right to modify these dates at any time.

The deadline for submissions is the nevadaepro.com bid opening date and time. Late quotes will not be accepted.

Evaluation

Evaluation and scoring are conducted in accordance with NRS 333.335 and NAC 333.160-333.165.

Responses shall be kept confidential until a contract is awarded.

In the event the solicitation is withdrawn prior to award, responses remain confidential.

The evaluation committee is an independent committee established to evaluate and score qualitative evaluation factors for the solicitation.

The State, at its option, may limit participation in cost scoring, presentations, or both to vendors above a natural break in relative scores.

Financial stability shall be scored on a pass or fail basis.

Responses shall be consistently evaluated and scored based upon the following factors:

Project Type #1: Demonstrated Competency in Purchasing & Contracting Pass/Fail Vendor has seasoned expert consultants assigned to the project team who have relevant government experience in supporting the design and implementation of reforms in various markets at the state level (i.e., Medicaid, Public.

Project Type #1: Demonstrated Competency in Program Expertise Pass/Fail Vendor team sufficient knowledge and expertise in state and federal rules and requirements affecting Medicaid, Public Employees Benefits, and Exchange Marketplace), including expertise in applicable federal waivers (e.g., Section 1115 of Title XIX of the Social Security Act and Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act), to support the Department‘s efforts. Sufficient expertise can include any identified subvendors for the project Project Type #1: Provided Relevant State Experience Pass/Fail Vendor has sufficient relevant experience supporting state clients with designing and implementing innovative market reforms that have had (or should likely have) some level of success in improving health outcomes, increasing access to care, and/or controlling health care spending.

Project Type #1: Provided Capacity & Availability of Team Pass/Fail Vendor’s project team has sufficient staffing and capacity so that there is not a risk of over reliance on junior level staff, with an adequate number of expert consultants and senior staff listed as project managers, key consultants, or leads for this project.

Project Type #2: Demonstrated Actuarial Training & Designations Pass/Fail Vendor complies with the Society of Actuaries, maintains recommended designations for actuarial staff assigned to modeling for this project, and provides memberships to the American Academy of Actuaries for actuarial staff assigned to modeling for this project.

Project Type #2: Provided Relevant Actuarial Experience Pass/Fail Vendor project team includes actuaries who have experience in, and knowledge of, the Department’s coverage programs with at least one consulting actuary who has a minimum of three (3) years of experience as a consulting actuary and at least one lead actuary with a minimum of three (3) years of relevant experience as a lead actuary. (If a vendor’s actuarial team does not have experience in each of the three coverage programs under the Department’s jurisdiction, the vendor may still receive an award if it has extensive experience in at least two of the markets and can show in its response how the vendor will be able to meet the goals of the Department for purposes of this RFP.)

Project Type #2: Demonstrated Competency of Team Pass/Fail Vendor’s project team consists of an adequate mix of market and policy experts, actuaries, and at least one economist or consultant with the capacity and expertise necessary to assess economic impacts as requested by the Department.

Project Type #2: Provided Capacity & Availability of Team Pass/Fail Vendor’s project team has sufficient staffing and capacity so that there is not a risk of over reliance on junior level staff, with an adequate number of expert consultants and senior staff listed as project managers, key consultants, or leads for this project.

Project Type #2: Provided Relevant State Experience Pass/Fail Vendor has experience assisting state clients with similar modeling of market reforms and strategies to align market requirements and design innovative payment models or other market structures designed to contain costs and improve the overall success of a coverage market or markets.

Cost. Submitted cost proposals will be subject to final contract negotiations. Vendors who do not successfully negotiate cost in a manner that meets the departments needs will be disqualified.

Presentations. The State may require vendors to make a presentation. The State reserves the right to add additional criteria for presentations. The State reserves the right to forego presentations and select vendor(s) based on written responses submitted.

Best and final offers. Pursuant to NAC 333.165, the State reserves the right to permit revised responses or add criteria to obtain the best offers. Vendors are encouraged to submit their best offer at time of initial response.

TECHNICAL MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR SCOPE OF WORK

Vendors proposing to receive an award through this request must provide a detailed description of their qualifications, which must include, at a minimum, the following information:

Excellent understanding of regulatory and legislative issues;

Extensive insurance industry financial and/or market conduct examination experience, and Strong professional standards and reputation for quality.

Issues that must be addressed in vendors’ responses:

Qualifications and similar experiences;

Resumes;

Other state government references;

Conflict of interest resolution; and Example of similar work.

Availability and Appropriate Use of Staff:

Awarded vendors must respond to the Division in a timely manner.

In addition to a primary contact person, awarded vendors must provide the Division with a list of key personnel who will be assigned to each project.

Staff assignments shall reflect appropriate skill levels without over reliance on senior level staff and with appropriate oversight over junior staff.

Upon reasonable notice, the awarded vendors must be available for meetings with Division staff and/or others.

Excellent understanding of regulatory and legislative issues; extensive insurance industry financial and/or market conduct examination experience, and strong professional standards and reputation for quality.

Mandatory minimum requirements

Pursuant to NRS 333.311 a contract cannot be awarded to a response that does not comply with the requirements listed in this section. Response shall include confirmation of compliance with all mandatory minimum requirements.

Nevada Law and State indemnity. Pursuant to NRS 333.339, any contract that is entered into may not: (1) require the filing of any action or the arbitration of any dispute that arises from the contract to be instituted or heard in another state or nation; or (2) require the State to indemnify another party against liability for damages.

No Boycott of Israel. Pursuant to NRS 333.338, the State of Nevada cannot enter a contract with a company unless that company agrees for the duration of the contract not to engage in a boycott of Israel. By submitting a response, vendor agrees that if it is awarded a contract, it will not engage in a boycott of Israel as defined in NRS 333.338(3)(a).

nevadaepro.com vendor registration. Pursuant to NRS 333.313, vendor must be registered at nevadaepro.com to respond to the solicitation. Vendor information must match Nevada business license and sam.gov entity registration. Vendor information in nevadaepro.com will be used for contract formation. Email address(es) associated with general mailing address or default bid mailing address (if different from general mailing address) in nevadaepro.com will be used for formal notifications. If a vendor has a different contact name and email for negotiations, that should be indicated on the title page(s) of their response.

Nevada business license. Pursuant to NRS 353.007, prior to contract execution awarded vendor must hold a state business license pursuant to NRS chapter 76 unless exempted by NRS 76.100(7)(b). Business license must match nevadaepro.com vendor registration.

System for Award Management (sam.gov) Prior to contract award vendor must hold an active entity registration in sam.gov. Entity registration must match nevadaepro.com vendor registration.

Contract responsibility. Awarded vendor shall be the sole point of contract responsibility. The State shall look solely to the awarded vendor for the performance of all contractual obligations which may result from an award based on this solicitation, and the awarded vendor shall not be relieved for the non-performance of any or all subcontractors.

Data encryption and stateside data. State IT requires that data be encrypted in transit and in rest. State IT requires that State data assets must be maintained in the United States and data will not be held offshore.

Confidentiality and certification of indemnification

Submitted responses, which are marked confidential in their entirety, or those in which a significant portion of the submitted response is marked confidential may not be accepted. Pursuant to NRS 333.333, only proprietary information may be labeled a trade secret as defined in NRS 600A.030(5). All proposals are confidential until the contract is awarded; at which time, both successful and unsuccessful vendor proposals become public information.

Vendors shall submit proprietary information and confidential business information in separate files, flagged as confidential in nevadaepro.com. The State is not responsible for any information contained within a response; responses shall be released as submitted.

By submitting a response vendor acknowledges its responsibility to act in protection of labeled information and agrees to defend and indemnify the State of Nevada for honoring such designation. Failure to so act shall constitute a complete waiver, and all submitted information shall become public information; additionally, failure to label any information that is released by the State shall constitute a complete waiver of any and all claims for damages caused by the release of the information.

Vendor certifications

Vendor understands and acknowledges that the representations within their response are material and important and are relied on by the State in evaluation of the response. Any vendor misrepresentations can be treated as fraudulent concealment from the State of the true facts relating to the response.

Any and all prices that may be charged under the terms of the contract do not and shall not violate any existing federal, State, or municipal laws or regulations concerning discrimination or price fixing. Vendor agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold the State harmless from liability for any such violation.

All response terms, including prices, shall remain in effect for a minimum of 180 days after the response due date. In the case of the awarded vendor, all response terms, including prices, shall remain in effect throughout the contract term.

The price(s) and amount of this response have been arrived at independently and without consultation, communication, agreement or disclosure with or to any other contractor, vendor, or potential vendor. No attempt has been made at any time to induce any firm or person to refrain from proposing or to submit a response higher than this response, or to submit any intentionally high or noncompetitive response. All responses shall be made in good faith and without collusion.

The information included in this response has been arrived at independently and without non-public information obtained from State officials, staff, or their agents.

All employees and contractors assigned to the project are authorized to work in this country.

Vendor has a written equal opportunity policy that does not discriminate in employment practices with regard to race, color, national origin, physical condition, creed, religion, age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, developmental disability or disability of another nature.

Vendor has a written policy regarding compliance for maintaining a drug-free workplace.

Critical items

In addition to the scope of work and attachments, the items listed in this section are critical to the success of the project. These items will be used in evaluating and scoring responses. Vendor response should address items in this section in enough detail to provide evaluators an accurate understanding of vendor capabilities. Responses that fail to sufficiently respond to these items may be considered non-responsive.

Standard form contract. The State strongly prefers vendors agree to the terms of the attached standard form contract as is. Ability to agree to contract terms is a high priority to the State. Vendors who cannot agree to the contract as is must include a redlined Word version of the attached standard form contract with their response, with comments justifying the benefit to the State for each requested change. To the extent a vendor has prior contractual dealings with the State, no assumption should be made that terms outside those provided herein have any influence on this project.

Indemnification. Required contract terms on Indemnification: "To the fullest extent permitted by law, Contractor shall indemnify, hold harmless and defend, not excluding the State’s right to participate, the State from and against all liability, claims, actions, damages, losses, and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, arising out of any breach of the obligations of Contractor under this contract, or any alleged negligent or willful acts or omissions of Contractor, its officers, employees and agents. Contractor’s obligation to indemnify the State shall apply in all cases except for claims arising solely from the State’s own negligence or willful misconduct. Contractor waives any rights of subrogation against the State. Contractor’s duty to defend begins when the State requests defense of any claim arising from this Contract."

Limited liability. Required contract terms on Limited Liability: "The State will not waive and intends to assert available NRS Chapter 41 liability limitations in all cases. Contract liability of both parties shall not be subject to punitive damages. Damages for any State breach shall never exceed the amount of funds appropriated for payment under this Contract, but not yet paid to Contractor, for the Fiscal Year budget in existence at the time of the breach. Contractor’s tort liability shall not be limited."

Insurance schedule. The State strongly prefers vendors agree to the terms of the attached insurance schedule as is. Vendors who cannot agree must explain which areas are causing non-compliance and attach a redline if necessary. Awarded vendor shall maintain, for the duration of the contract, insurance coverages as set forth in the fully executed contract. Work on the contract shall not begin until after the awarded vendor has submitted acceptable evidence of required insurance. Failure to maintain any required insurance coverage or acceptable alternative method of insurance shall be deemed a breach of contract.

Vendor background

Provide a background, history, and why vendor is qualified to provide the services described in this solicitation. Background should include, at a minimum, the location(s) of the office(s) that would perform the work and the number of employees locally and in total. History should include, at a minimum, the number of years in business and company headquarters location. Provide a brief description of the length of time vendor has been providing services described in this solicitation to the public or private sector. If your company has worked with the State previously, include information about those engagements.

No marketing material desired. Unnecessarily elaborate brochures or other presentations beyond those requested and sufficient to present a complete response are not desired.

Key personnel. Provide a resume free of photos or overly stylized formatting for proposed key personnel, whether employed directly or through a subcontractor.

Current or former employees. If you employ (a) any person who is a current employee of an agency of the State of Nevada, or (b) any person who has been an employee of an agency of the State of Nevada within the past two (2) years, and if such person is performing or producing the services which you shall be contracted to provide under this contract, you must disclose the identity of each such person in your response, and specify the services that each person shall be expected to perform.

Exclusions. All conditions and provisions of this solicitation are deemed to be accepted by the vendor and incorporated by reference in the response, except such conditions and provisions that the vendor expressly excludes in the response. Any exclusion shall be in writing and included in the response at the time of submission.

Subcontractors

Subcontractors are defined as a third party, not directly employed by the contractor, who shall provide services identified in this solicitation. This does not include third parties who provide support or incidental services to the contractor.

Vendor shall disclose all proposed subcontractors. Response should include a vendor information response form for each proposed subcontractor.

Vendor shall not allow any subcontractor to commence work until all insurance required of the subcontractor is provided to the vendor.

Vendor shall certify that subcontractors comply with mandatory minimum requirements except contract responsibility.

Vendor response shall identify specific requirements of the project for which each subcontractor shall perform services.

How the work of any subcontractor(s) shall be supervised How channels of communication shall be maintained How compliance with contracts terms and conditions will be assured Previous experience with subcontractor(s)

Confidential business information

The information requested in this section is designated as confidential business information by the Administrator pursuant to NRS 333.020(5)(b) and is not public information pursuant to NRS 333.333.

This information should be submitted as a separate attachment, flagged as confidential in nevadaepro.com.

Dun and Bradstreet number. Vendor shall provide their Dun and Bradstreet Number.

Financial information. Vendor shall provide the last two full years and current year interim (a) profit and loss statements and (b) balance statements.

Disclosure. Vendor shall provide complete disclosure of any alleged significant prior or ongoing contract failures, contract breaches, any civil or criminal litigation or investigations pending which involves the vendor or in which the vendor has been judged guilty or liable.

Conflict of interest. Vendor shall disclose any existing or potential conflict of interest relative to the performance of the contractual services resulting from this solicitation. Any such relationship that might be perceived or represented as a conflict shall be disclosed. By submitting a response in response to this solicitation, vendors affirm that they have not given, nor intend to give at any time hereafter, any economic opportunity, future employment, gift, loan, gratuity, special discount, trip, favor, or service to a public servant or any employee or representative of same, in connection with this procurement. Any attempt to intentionally or unintentionally conceal or obfuscate a conflict of interest shall result in disqualification of a vendor response. An award shall not be made where a conflict of interest exists. The State shall determine whether a conflict of interest exists and whether it may reflect negatively on State vendor selection. The State reserves the right to disqualify any vendor on the grounds of actual or apparent conflict of interest.

Client references

Vendor may be asked to provide reference questionnaire attachment to client references from similar projects performed for private or public sector clients within the last five years.

The single point of contact may receive up to three complete reference questionnaire documents directly from the client references via email, if determined to be required for evaluation of the work solicited.

The purpose of these references is to document relevant experience and aid in the evaluation process.

Reference questionnaire will not be accepted directly from proposing vendors.

Client references are not to be requested from the contracting agency.

The State will not disclose client references, but may confirm the quantity of reference questionnaires received.

The State reserves the right to contact client references during evaluation or negotiations.

Submission checklist

This section identifies documents that vendors can submit to be considered responsive. Vendors are encouraged to review all requirements to ensure all requested information is included in their response.

This is a general request for most solicitations. There may be additional instructions within the body of the solicitation that require scope specific response documents. Vendors are encouraged to thoroughly review all requirements.

Responses must be submitted as a quote through nevadaepro.com.

Vendors are encouraged to submit a single file attachment per section where possible.

Technical proposal information and cost proposal information are not to be included in the same attachment.

Cost proposal attachment needs to be a not be flagged as confidential in nevadaepro.com.

Additional attachments may be included, but are discouraged and should be kept to a minimum.

Technical proposal

Title page Table of contents Signed certification regarding lobbying Response to mandatory minimum requirements Response to critical items Response to scope of work Other informational material

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Title page Table of contents Trade secret information, cross referenced to the technical proposal (alternatively, a redacted technical proposal and a full confidential technical proposal can be submitted)

Cost proposal

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Other attachments. If necessary, not recommended.

Client references. Not submitted directly by vendor.

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