Attachment 3
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 of product). Insecta has been tested and applied by Orange County Sanitation Districts and has proven to be effective standing up to the eighteen-month 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 24 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 for the application and distribution of Insecta in the State of California.