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 Execute A One-Year Contract With One Or More Vendors, To Be Selected Through A Competitive Bidding Process, 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, With Two, One-Year Options To Extend These Contracts In An Amount Not To Exceed Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($400,000.00) Per Year, For A Grand Total Contract Amount Of One Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,200,000.00), Without Return To Council, Provided That The City's Contracting Requirements Are Followed With Respect To These Purchases