4.9 14-0704 Subject: Contract Authorization For Sewer Operations Equipment & Supplies From: Oakland Public Works Department Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator, Or His Designee, To 1) Execute A One-Year Contract For Service With One Or More Vendors, To Be Identified, For The Period of May 1, 2015 Through April 30, 2016, In An Amount Not To Exceed Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($400,000.00), For The Purchase Of Iron And Steel Castings For Manhole Frames, Covers, Drainage Grates And Other Related Capital Improvement Supplies And Equipment On Behalf Of Oakland Public Works; 2) Authorize The Execution Of Two Additional One-Year Contract Extensions With One Or More Vendors, To Be Identified, In An Amount Not To Exceed Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($400,000.00) Per Year, Without Returning To Council, For A Grand Total Contract Amount Of One Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,200,000.00); And 3) Authorize The Purchase Of Supplies And Equipment In Excess Of The City Administrator's Purchasing Authority Without Further City Council Review And Action, Provided That The City's Bidding Requirements, Contracts And Purchasing Programs/ Policies Are Followed In Relationship To The Proposed Contracts For Service; On The April 14, 2015 Public Works Committee Agenda