4.7 15-0297 Subject: OPD 2015 DNA Backlog Reduction Program And Resolution From: Oakland Police Department Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator, Or Designee, To: 1) Accept And Appropriate Grant Funds In An Amount Not To Exceed $474,282 From The U.S. Department Of Justice, National Institute Of Justice (USDOJ/NIJ) For Implementation Of The Fiscal Year 2015 Forensic Casework Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Backlog Reduction Grant Program In The Oakland Police Department; And 2) Waive The Advertising And Competitive Bidding Requirements For The Purchases Of DNA Data Interpretation Software Training From Niche Vision For Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000), DNA Typing Supplies From Three Companies (Applied Biosystems (A.K.A. Thermofisher) For Twenty-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Five Dollars ($29,995.00), Promega For Eighteen Thousand Dollars ($18,000.00) And QIAGEN For Twenty-Three Thousand One Hundred Thirty-Three Dollars ($23,133.00)), And For A DNA Extraction Robot From Qiagen For Fifty-Five Thousand Five Hundred Thirty-One Dollars ($55,531.00); On The November 10, 2015 Public Safety Committee Agenda