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TO: Steve May, Public Works and Utilities Director
FROM: Noreen Swiontek, Senior Management Analyst
SUBJECT: Golden Bell Products Agreement—Sewer manhole roach control
DATE: June 20, 2019
Golden Bell sprays the EPA approved INSECTA product into sewer
manholes to control roaches from infesting the structure. The product
Description: warranty is 2 years. Each year the company sprays manholes within one
section of the city.
Location: Various Manholes
Project Cost: $28,350.00
Funding Source: 70-94860-64116-00000-000
This is a sole source provider. Only Golden Bell Products, Inc. is granted
distribution and application of the INSECTA chemical provided by JABco
Bidding: manufacturing company in the state of California. INSECTA is the only
product of its type for use in sewer manholes and EPA approved.
Staff Analysis & Recommendation
The spraying of this product keeps roaches from living inside the sewer manhole structures where
they typically live and spread. An infestation in a manhole makes completing maintenance on the
structures difficult. In addition, roaches can breed in these conditions and spread to neighboring
homes.
Project Manager Information Contractor or Consultant Project Manager Supervisor
Information Information
Reggie Fries Golden Bell Products, Inc Tom Johnson
Utilities Operator I 952 N. Batavia St Utilities Superintendent
rfries@sanjuancapistrano.org Orange, CA 92867 tjohnson@sanjuancapistrano.org
949-443-6346 714-363-3985 949-487-4310
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952 N Batavia Street Orange, CA 92867- PHONE (714) 363-3985 FAX (714) 997-4807
www.goldenbellproducts.com
Sole Source Justification
Within the State of California Golden Bell Products has the sole source right for the
application and distribution of Insecta. Golden Bell Products has provided the
service and product that is used in sewer manholes for the control of cockroaches
since October.of 1998, when the first test area was treated in the State of
California.
Insecta is the only registered product of its type and active ingredient labeled for
use in sewer manholes. The product is a formulated product, which is produced in
an EPA approved establishment. The product comes ready to use and since it is a
polymerized product there is no field mixing required, (which is not the case with
any additive type product). Insecta has been tested and applied by Orange County
Sanitation Districts and has proven to be effective standing up to the 2-year
guarantee provided by Golden Bell and the product manufacturer.
Additionally, this product is used and approved by Los Angeles County Sanitation
District and approximately 60 other cities and agencies within the state of California.
Over the past 18 years Golden Bell Products has provided this service with minimal
price increases. Finally, Golden Bell Products is a local vendor that holds the correct
licensing for application of pesticides in sewer manholes. Golden Bell Products is
licensed by the California Agricultural Department of Pesticide Regulation. Holding a
QAL license with the required categories A, C and N and a Pest Control Business
License. Golden Bell carries and maintains all current registrations with all the
County Agricultural Commissioners in each of the counties they apply the Insecta
pesticide in.
The accompanying letter from the manufacturer of Insecta shows Golden Bell
Products as the sole source to the application and distribution of Insecta in the
State of California.
JABco
Jim Lawrence
President Toll Free: (888)781-6955
3261 Wise Way Cell: 727-365-6995
The Villages,FL 32163
May 1, 2019
To Whom It May Concern:
I, Jim Lawrence, President of JABco, the manufacturing company for Insecta, EPA registration
number 45600-1, have granted Golden Bell Products the sole distribution and application rights
within the State of California. Golden Bell Products has proven its expertise in selling and
applying Insecta 45600-1 since 1997 and will maintain the sole source to Insecta until the year
2030.
Any California company that would use Insecta or Insecta Liquid is required to purchase the
material from Golden Bell Products. If any bids were received indicating otherwise, the bidding
company is misrepresenting itself. All Insecta 45600-1 product used for manhole cockroach
control in sewer manholes is sold through Golden Bell Products.
Sincerely
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Jim Lawrence
President