952 N Batavia Street Orange, CA 92867 – Phone (714)363-3985 / Fax (714)997-4807 www.goldenbellproducts.com
Monday, June 01, 2026
City of Santa Ana
Attn: Kathia Reyes
220 S. Daisy Ave. (M-85)
Santa Ana, CA 92703
Dear Kathia:
Golden Bell Products to provide all personnel, material and supplies required to coat sanitary sewer manholes with INSECTA, insecticidal latex coating for sewer roach control pest control service.
SCOPE OF WORK
Golden Bell Products to perform the following items:
♦ Apply INSECTA, an approved product for sewer roach control application in sanitary manholes. ♦ Treat to depth of seven feet or less, with an approximate area of 100 square feet per manhole. ♦ Will prepare and treat according to manufacturer’s specifications for preparation instructions. ♦ Apply coating based on the manufacturers recommended label rates, five (5) manholes per gallon, not to exceed three (3) pints per manhole.
♦ Remove existing sewer manhole covers, scrape clean the inside of the cover area, spray Insecta, reseat the cover and mark the reinstalled cover with a painted white mark extending from the manhole cover to the adjoining pavement, indicating that the cover has been reseated properly and firmly. Liability for damage caused by covers that have been reinstalled and marked is limited to 24 hours. Covers that are damaged or will not reseat properly will be immediately reported to the customer. Customer assumes all liability for damages caused by covers that fail to properly reseat.
♦ Mark each manhole cover with an identifying white mark after being treated. ♦ Provide proper supervision at the job site during all phases of work. ♦ Be responsible for coordinating the work to be done. Work will take place in accessible alleys, parking lots, and streets.
♦ Guarantee the application for eighteen (18) months from the date of treatment. If more than 50 living roaches are found in a manhole during the warranty period, the manhole must then be retreated by Golden Bell Products at no additional charge or obligation to Customer. Golden Bell Products will retreat any manhole which inspections with photographs report live roaches within sixty (60) calendar days after notification; providing more than 50 live roaches are found inside the manhole during two inspections occurring two days apart.*
♦ Will report number of manholes treated when submitting billing invoices. Golden Bell Products will indicate in writing on each paper quarter section map, the number of manholes treated, applicators name initials with the date of completion. This will serve as the record of application for the necessary Agencies and warranty information.
Exhibit 1
♦ Customer will supply paper quarter section maps indicating exact locations of manholes, street names and smart cover locations. Golden Bell Products will not be responsible for any damage to unidentified smart covers.
♦ Customer will make accessible all designated manholes to be coated prior to crew’s arrival. If not drive up accessible by service truck Golden Bell Products will notify Customer that the manhole cannot be treated. Any bolted manholes must be unbolted and accessible.
♦ Customer will provide inspection and assistance where necessary. ♦ No more than 90 calendar days will elapse between date of notice to proceed and completion of the application. A reasonable time for potentially unfavorable weather will be mutually agreed upon by Customer and Golden Bell Products
♦ Requirements may be added or deleted from the above Scope of Work however these must be agreed upon by both parties prior to the commencement of work.
♦ The cost of additional permits and/or licenses, other than thos e already required by the state, required within city limits to perform work within that city will be assumed by the Customer.
Golden Bell Products will supply all appropriate insurance coverage required by the state licensing agencies to apply roach control product to sewer manholes; if any additional insurance is required and available at additional costs those costs will be assumed by the Customer.
Special Note: Some assistance with traffic control in heavily traveled areas may be required.
*NOTE: The Insecticidal-latex coating is not a repellent and therefore, will not repel roaches. They must rest on it to eliminate them! Insecta is not a spot treatment product: for warranty to be in effect and for the best results all manholes must be treated in the same area of the sewer system!
Pricing per Manhole Application costs:
For less than 1000 Manholes is $29.00 each.
For more than 1000 Manholes is $27.50 each.
(This is a service – No Sales Tax)
* There is a 150-manhole minimum for all jobs
This pest control service proposal is good through June 30, 2027. Thank you for this opportunity. If you have any questions, please contact Michelle Webster at 714/363-3985.
Sincerely,
Michelle (Webster) Holick
CEO
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 90 other cities and agencies within the state of California.
Over the past 28 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 and C, 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.