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Commissioner Shehan - Office of Capital Improvements - To Award a Construction Contract to Dellinger Inc. in the Amount of $8,022,899.50 for the Dallas High Shoals Regional Sewer Improvements Project, To Appropriate $3,475,000.00 from the Solid Waste Fund Balance, and To Authorize the County Manager, or His Designee, to Execute Said Contract on Behalf of Gaston County
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STAFF CONTACT
Ray Maxwell - Executive Director of Capital Improvements - 704-862-7551
Kim Eagle - ARPA Director Water/Sewer - 704-866-3102
BUDGET IMPACT
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Increase Fund Balance appropriation and expense in the Solid Waste Services Fund by $3,475,000.
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BACKGROUND
In September 2022, the NC Division of Water Infrastructure awarded Gaston County $5,478,000 in federal grant funds to meet urgent community needs in the wake of COVID-19. On September 27, 2022, Board Resolution 2022-294 approved and appropriated funds for the Dallas High Shoals Infrastructure Project (hereinafter, the "Project"). On March 28, 2023, Resolution 2023-114 appropriated an additional $2,375,000 of gap funding from the Division of Water Infrastructure to cover a funding shortfall in the Project.
The Dallas High Shoals Regional Sewer Improvements Project (Project # SRP-W-ARP-0074) was publicly advertised, and the bids were received and officially opened on October 23, 2025. A total of six (6) bidders submitted for the project with the results listed below. Dellinger, Inc. submitted the apparent low, responsible bid in the amount of $8,022,899.50.
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Contractor |
Location |
Bid Amount |
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Timberline Construction Group, LLC |
Pelham, AL |
$8,998,960.30 |
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Fuller & Co Construction |
Crouse, NC |
$8,339,111.00 |
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Classic City Mechanical |
Winterville, GA |
$8,054,417.80 |
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Sanders Utility Construction Co, INC |
Charlotte, NC |
$8,272,725.78 |
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Elite Infrastructure Group, LLC |
Monroe, NC |
$9,445,357.90 |
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Dellinger, Inc. |
Monroe, NC |
$8,022,899.50 |
Approval of this Board Action by the Gaston County Board of Commissioners accepts the bid received for the Dallas/High Shoals Regional Sewer Improvements Project and officially awards Dellinger Inc. as the Contractor submitting the lowest, responsive, responsible bid. Further, approval of this Board Action appropriates Solid Waste fund balance in the amount of $3,475,000.00 and transfers into an appropriate expenditure account, authorizes the County Attorney to negotiate and draft the necessary contract documents for the work and authorizes the County Manager, or his designee, to negotiate and execute said contract for expenditure purposes.
POLICY IMPACT
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ATTACHMENTS
Resolution, Certified Bid Tabulation, Budget Change Request (BCR)