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Subject: OPD 2021 DNA Backlog Reduction Program
From: Oakland Police Department
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution:
1) Authorizing The City Administrator To Accept And Appropriate Grant Funds In An Amount Not To Exceed Three Hundred Sixty-Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety Eight Dollars ($367,898) From The U.S. Department Of Justice (US DOJ), Office Of Justice Programs, Bureau Of Justice Assistance For Implementation Of The Fiscal Year 2021 DNA Capacity Enhancement For Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Grant Program For The Oakland Police Department (OPD); And
2) Waive The City’s Advertising And Competitive Bidding Requirements For The Purchase Of DNA Typing Supplies And Instruments From (1) Qiagen For Fifty-Five Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($55,600), (2) Promega For One Hundred Seventy Thousand One Hundred Dollars ($170,100), (3) Thermo Fisher/Life Technologies For Forty-Two Thousand Two Hundred Thirty Dollars ($42,230), (4) Nichevision For Eighty Thousand Dollars ($80,000), And (5) Fisher Scientific For Twelve Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-One Dollars ($12,891)