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Council approves Red Oak Road water-line contract; BCS Contractors recommended low bidder

Town of Nashville Town Council · December 10, 2025

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Summary

Council voted to award the Red Oak Road water-line construction contract to BCS Contractors LLC, with a base bid of $716,531.64 and a combined base-plus-alternate figure of $1,539,990.64 recommended if alternates are chosen; council was advised of a roughly $413,000 contingency for potential rock in the bore.

The Town of Nashville voted Dec. 9 to award a construction contract for the Red Oak Road water-line extension to BCS Contractors LLC after the town’s engineer presented five bids and Stocks Engineering recommended BCS as the apparent low bidder.

Kevin Barnell, the town engineer on behalf of Stocks Engineering, told the council the base bid from BCS Contractors LLC was $716,531.64 and that the base-plus-alternate total would be $1,539,990.64 if the alternate line extension is included. Barnell and the consultant team noted the contract includes an approximately $413,000 contingency in case borings encounter rock in the pipeline route; a geotechnical report showed some rock expected but not necessarily to the extent of the full contingency.

Barnell said Stocks Engineering had verified BCS Contractors’ North Carolina license (number stated in the presentation) and recommended entering a contract. A council member moved to approve the resolution awarding the construction contract and noted the town’s water-and-sewer fund has adequate balance; another council member seconded and the resolution passed by voice vote.

Council members asked clarifying questions about whether the rock contingency applied to the base bid, the alternate, or both; Barnell confirmed the $413,000 contingency was carried across both the base and alternate bids (roughly $215,000 carried in the base and an additional approximately $190,000 in the alternate). The contract award was approved without a roll-call tally recorded in the transcript.

The contract will be paid from the town’s water-and-sewer fund; staff said no general-fund appropriation was required for this award.