Chapter 1 - The Government Purchase Card

Program

Parent topic: APPENDIX - EE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY GOVERNMENT PURCHASE CARD

OPERATING PROCEDURES

1-1. Overview

a. The Army Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (AFARS) Appendix EE provides policy

guidance and procedures for the management of the Army Government Purchase Card (GPC)

program. It implements and supplements sections of the Department of Defense (DoD) Government

Charge Card Guidebook for Establishing and Managing Purchase, Travel, and Fuel Card Programs

(hereinafter referred to as the DoD Charge Card Guidebook). If information is not discussed in this

document or if this document is in conflict with the DoD GPC Policy, the DoD GPC Policy should be

followed. This document applies to all purchases utilizing Army-issued GPCs.

b. Refer recommended changes and questions about the AFARS Appendix EE to the Office of the

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Procurement) (ODASA(P)). Submit requests for waivers

through the chain of command. Compliance with the AFARS Appendix EE is mandatory.

c. The GPC program provides Army and supported organizations a simplified, streamlined method of

purchasing and paying for supplies, services, construction projects, and contract payments. The

program complies with Federal, DoD, and Army statutory and regulatory guidance, as well as the

terms and conditions specified in the most current General Services Administration (GSA)

SmartPay® 3 Master Contract. The primary benefit of the GPC Program is that the card-issuing

banks provide a commercial purchase and payment service that replaces the paper-based, timeconsuming purchase order process; reduces procurement lead time; provides transaction cost

savings; reduces procurement office workload; provides refunds; and facilitates payment to include

reductions in interest payments.

d. The AFARS Appendix EE provides the procedures to use within the Army, including Army

National Guard (ARNG) and Air National Guard (ANG), to establish and manage the Army GPC

program. Army activities may supplement (i.e., adopt more stringent internal control requirements

than the requirements cited herein), but not change this policy. However, as these are risk-managed

programs, activities should maintain a proper balance between the control environment and ease of

use to ensure that the benefits of the card continue to accrue. These procedures establish Army-wide

standards designed to provide all Army activities with a foundation upon which to build specific

standard operating procedures governing their programs.

e. Nonappropriated Fund (NAF) activities implement policies and procedures governing the Army’s

Morale, Welfare, and Recreation programs and regulations for Nonappropriated Fund

Instrumentalities (NAFI). Chaplaincy activities implement policies and procedures governing Army

Chaplain Corps activities. Army NAFIs/entities must operate within the parameters of these

procedures to include Public Health Command (PHC) NAFIs, Department of Defense Education

Activities (DoDEA) NAFIs, and Army National Guard NAFIs. NAF activities will comply with the

Department of Defense Policies and Procedures Governing Non-Appropriated Funds SmartPay® 3

Government-wide Commercial Purchase Card Use – SP3 Transition Memorandum #11.
1-2. GPC Uses

The purchase card can be used in three ways, depending on the value of the transaction and the

authority of the cardholder (CH). See Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.301. Table 1-1

summarizes the three methods and provides descriptions and examples.

Table 1-1: GPC Methods and Uses

GPC Method Description Examples

Procurement

Mechanism

To acquire and pay for goods

and services by means other

than the use of an existing

contract.

Micro-purchases. See

paragraphs a. and b. below.

Ordering

Mechanism

To order and pay for goods and

services under an existing

contract only if authorized in the

contract.

Orders placed against existing

contracts. See paragraph c.

below.

Payment

Mechanism

To pay for goods and services

when the Contractor agrees to

accept contract payment(s)

using the GPC card.

Contract invoice payments.

Standard Form (SF) 182

training payments. See

paragraphs d. and e. below.

The GPC is the preferred method of payment for the following:

a. Micro-purchases (Card/Cardless). The GPC may be used to purchase fixed-price commercial

supplies and services that do not require the CH to agree to any terms and conditions other than

price and delivery. These purchases are limited to the applicable micro-purchase threshold (MPT).

b. Micro-purchases (Convenience Check). Convenience checks may be used and set up under a

separate billing official (BO) account to buy commercially available, fixed-price supplies and services

to fulfill mission-essential requirements. All check purchases must be within the applicable

convenience check MPT. A separate account must be issued for each convenience check account.

c. Orders Against Pre-Existing Contract Vehicles. The GPC may be used to place task or delivery

orders against pre-priced contract vehicles and agreements if authorized in the basic contract, basic

ordering agreement, or blanket purchase agreement. (Appropriated fund CHs cannot purchase

against nonappropriated fund contracts).

d. Contract Payments. The GPC may be used to make contract payments against fully funded

contracts found to be advantageous to the Government when compared to other methods of

payment, and the contractor accepts payment by the GPC. The contract should include the thirdparty payment clause identified in FAR 32.1108, Payment by Governmentwide Commercial Purchase

Card; however, GPC contract payments may be made if the contractor agrees to accept the GPC as a

method of payment.
e. Payment of Training Requirements on SF 182s. The GPC may be used as the method of

payment for commercial training requests using the SF 182, valued at or below $25,000, in lieu of an

employee reimbursement by miscellaneous payment in accordance with the procedures to directly

pay the provider in DoD Financial Management Regulation (FMR) Volume 10, Chapter 12, Section

120323, and DoD Instruction (DoDI) 1400.25, Volume 410.

1-3. Information and Waiver Process

a. Cardholders should direct GPC-related questions to their billing official. If the BO cannot resolve

the issue, they should direct the issue to their Agency/Organization Program Coordinator (A/OPC)

(Level 4 A/OPC). If the A/OPC cannot resolve an issue, the A/OPC should direct the question to the

Oversight Agency/Organization Program Coordinator (OA/OPC) (Level 3 A/OPC). If the OA/OPC

cannot resolve the issue, the OA/OPC should consult the Component Program Manager (CPM) (Level

2 A/OPC) for guidance.

b. All waivers, exceptions, and deviations to the guidance provided in AFARS Appendix EE must be

in writing and routed to the ODASA(P) CPM for approval. Requests to waive, take exception to, or

deviate from the rules, regulations, processes or procedures will be reviewed on a case-by-case

basis. Requests for waivers should be submitted through the GPC chain of command. The CPM will

retain copies of all approved waiver packages. In times of emergencies, a waiver approval may be

obtained either through email or telephone call from the CPM with a follow up waiver request letter

from the requesting command/activity. The letter must detail the reasons for the request and what

adverse mission impact would occur if the waiver was not granted.

1-4. Task Order and Period of Performance

The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (OUSD) for Acquisition and Sustainment, Defense

Pricing and Contracting (DPC), United States (U.S.) Army, U.S. Department of the Air Force, and

Defense agencies and activities awarded a Tailored Task Order #47QRAC18F0003 to U.S. Bank

under GSA SmartPay® 3 Master Contract GS-36F-GA001. The period of performance began 30

November 2018 and runs through 29 November 2031 if all contract options are exercised. The total

duration of the contract period of performance, including the base period and exercise of all three

options and extension, is not to exceed 13 years and six months.

1-5. GPC Authority

a. GPC programs require procurement authority to operate and cannot be established or maintained

unless procurement authority is granted in accordance with governing laws and regulations and

delegated through a contracting activity identified in Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation

Supplement (DFARS) Procedures, Guidance, and Information (PGI) 202.101 and the DoD Charge

Card Guidebook. Contracting authority flows from authorities granted in Titles 10 and 41, United

States Code (10 and 41 USC) from DoD to the Secretary of the Army to the Heads of Contracting

Activities (HCAs). The HCA re-delegates contracting authority to local procurement offices. The

Senior Contracting Official (SCO) or Chief of Contracting Office (CCO) may re-delegate their GPC

procurement authority listed in Table 1-3 to OA/OPCs or A/OPCs for OA/OPCs and A/OPCs to appoint
cardholders and convenience check account holders through the Delegation of Contracting Authority

Letter produced in the Joint Appointment Module (JAM) within the Procurement Integrated

Enterprise Environment (PIEE). See sections 1-8 and 5-1 for more information. Cardholders must

countersign to acknowledge this responsibility.

b. The Joint Appointment Module (JAM), an application within PIEE, is the mandatory enterprise tool

for appointing and delegating authority to GPC personnel.

c. Orientation and training are prerequisites to receiving GPC delegated authority via an

appointment in JAM. Training requirements are listed in Chapter 4.

d. Generally, only a Government employee can be a cardholder or billing official. National Guard

traditional members and State employees should not be CHs or BOs. The following exceptions apply:

1) Foreign nationals may be appointed as CHs only if they are direct hires working for the U.S.

Government. However, commanders/directors should consider the potential consequences of

appointing foreign nationals as CHs in countries where Status of Forces Agreements (SOFAs) or

local laws do not subject the foreign national employee to the same pecuniary or general financial

liability or disciplinary actions for charge card violation as U.S. citizens.

2) Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) instructors are members of the Armed Forces in

accordance with USACC Regulation 145-2, section 4-2, and may be designated micro-purchase

procurement authority as GPC cardholders. See FAR 1.603-3(b).

1-6. Applicability

These procedures apply to all GPC purchases with cards and convenience checks issued by the

Army.

a. Non-Army tenant organizations issued Army GPCs or convenience checks by an Army contracting

office are also subject to these procedures. All BOs, CHs, A/OPCs, Resource Managers (RMs),

Logisticians, and other stakeholders participating in the Army GPC program are subject to these

procedures, including any non-Army tenant organizations where the Army has contracting authority

and oversight responsibilities (such as ANG units).

b. The ODASA(P) has overall responsibility for the Army GPC program. Each Army command,

organization, or activity utilizing Army GPCs has the responsibility for the following actions:

1) Provide adequate resources and effective internal controls to ensure the appropriate

management, operation, training, and oversight is in place to operate a local GPC program

effectively and efficiently in compliance with Army policies and procedures.

2) Establish and maintain a command climate to prevent Army personnel or others from exercising

undue influence over the actions of an A/OPC, BO or CH.

3) Take appropriate informal and formal disciplinary actions in the event of noncompliance, fraud,

misuse and/or abuse. Disciplinary actions should be based on the severity and frequency of the

infraction and can range from informal actions such as written or verbal counseling, to demotion,

removal, loss of security clearance, or potential criminal prosecution.
1-7. Micro-purchase Thresholds (MPT)

The definition and current dollar values of the MPT are located at FAR 2.101(b) and summarized in

Table 1-2.

Table 1-2: DoD Micro-purchase Thresholds

DoD Micro-purchase Thresholds

Function Threshold Authority

1 Federal-Wide Open Market $10,000 FAR 2.101, FAR 13.2

2

Construction subject to 40 USC

Chapter 31, subchapter IV, DavisBacon Wage Rate Requirements$2,000 FAR 2.101, FAR 13.2

3

Services subject to 41 USC Chapter

67,

Service Contract Labor Standards

$2,500 FAR 2.101, FAR 13.2

4

GPC Emergency-Type Operations

(ETO)

Inside U.S.

$20,000

FAR 2.101, DFARS

213.270(c)(3)

DFARS PGI 213.201

5 GPC ETO Outside U.S. $35,000

FAR 2.101, DFARS

213.270(c)(3)

DFARS PGI 213.201

6

Federal-Wide Higher Education

Open Market

$10,000 or

greater Class Deviation 2018-O0018

7

GPC Convenience Checks (General

– Unrelated to ETO and Other

Emergency Uses)

$5,000

P.L. 115-91, National

Defense Authorization Act

for Fiscal Year 2018, Sec.

806(b)

8

GPC Convenience Checks for ETO

and Other Emergency Uses (Inside

U.S.)

$10,000

P.L. 115-91, National

Defense Authorization Act

for Fiscal Year 2018, Sec.

806(b)
9

GPC Convenience Checks for ETO

and Other Emergency Uses

(Outside U.S.)

$17,500

P.L. 115-91, National

Defense Authorization Act

for Fiscal Year 2018, Sec.

806(b)

1-8. GPC Delegations of Authority and Appointment Letters

The different types of delegation of authority appointments identified in this section and Table 1-3

are available to CHs as needed. Each authority has unique policies, procedures, training, and

oversight requirements. CHs must have the appropriate designation in their JAM appointment in

order to use the corresponding purchasing authority. These appointments can only be granted to

individuals who have completed training commensurate with their delegated authority.

Table 1-3: GPC Delegation of Authority and Limits

#

Authority

Type

Delegation

Authority

Delegation

Not to

Exceed

Limit (Note

1)

Scope of Authority

Limits

Warrant

Issued

1 Micro-Purchase CH

FAR 1.603-3(b)

FAR 13.201

DFARS

201.603-3(b)

$10,000

Grants authority to

make authorized GPC

purchases valued below

the MPT using

simplified acquisition

procedures. (See

FAR 2.101 “micropurchase” definition.)

Includes FedMall

Market Place

transactions.

CHs who only have this

designation do not have

the authority to place

orders against any

contract, including GSA

federal supply schedule

(FSS) orders using GSA

Advantage and orders

against FedMall

contracts. CHs who will

place orders against any

contract also require

the Contract Ordering

Official CH designation

in their appointment.
#

Authority

Type

Delegation

Authority

Delegation

Not to

Exceed

Limit (Note

1)

Scope of Authority

Limits

Warrant

Issued

2

Micro-Purchase

Convenience Check

Writer

FAR 1.603-3(b)

FAR 13.201

DFARS

201.603-3(b)

$5,000

(Note 2)

Grants authority to

make authorized

convenience check

purchases valued below

the MPT using

simplified acquisition

procedures. (See FAR

2.101 “micro-purchase”

definition.)

3

Higher Education MicroPurchase CH

FAR 1.603-3(b)

FAR 13.201

DFARS

201.603-3(b)

Class Deviation

2018-O0018

$10,000

but HCA

determination

can result in

higher value

(unlimited)

Grants authority to

make authorized open

market micro-purchases

using the GPC up to any

applicable “Higher

Education” MPT. (See

MPT definition at FAR

2.101 & Class Deviation

2018-O0018.)

This authority is

generally limited to

$10,000, but FAR 2.101

MPT definition allows

for higher threshold

after appropriate HCA

determination.

Note: CHs who will

place orders against any

contract, including GSA

FSS orders or orders

against FedMall

contracts, the Contract

Ordering Official CH

designation in the

appointment.

Not for use to make

payments against

approved SF 182s.
#

Authority

Type

Delegation

Authority

Delegation

Not to

Exceed

Limit (Note

1)

Scope of Authority

Limits

Warrant

Issued

4

Micro-Purchase ETO

Cardholder and/or Check

Writer

FAR 1.603-3(b)

FAR 13.201

FAR 13.201(g)

DFARS

201.603-3(b)

ETO CH

$20,000

Inside U.S.

$35,000

Outside U.S.

ETO CheckWriter

$10,000

Inside U.S.

$17,500

Outside U.S.

(Note 2)

Grants authority to

make authorized open

market micro-purchases

using the GPC up to the

applicable

“Contingency” MPT.

(See MPT definition at

FAR 2.101.)

If intent to authorize CH

to place orders against

any contract, including

GSA FSS orders or

orders against FedMall

contracts, a Contract

Ordering Official CH

designation is also

required.

ETO Checkwriter limits

are one half of ETO

MPTs.

5

Warranted ETO

Contracting CH

FAR 1.603-3(a)

FAR 2.101 MPT

FAR 2.101 SAT

DFARS

201.603-3(b)

DFARS

213.301(3)

$1,500,000

Outside the

U.S.

Grants Contracting

Officers supporting

Contingency Operations

and Humanitarian and

Peacekeeping

Operations authority to

make authorized GPC

purchases outside the

U.S. as authorized in

DFARS 213.301(3) for

use outside the U.S.

using simplified

acquisition procedures

up to the applicable

Simplified Acquisition

Threshold (SAT). (See

FAR 2.101 definitions of

MPT and SAT.)

The GPC appointment

letter may only be

issued to individuals

who have previously

been issued an SF 1402

delegating them

authority sufficient to

serve as a Contingency

Contracting Officer.
#

Authority

Type

Delegation

Authority

Delegation

Not to

Exceed

Limit (Note

1)

Scope of Authority

Limits

Warrant

Issued

6

Contract Ordering

Official CH (Note 3)

CHs who will place

orders against any

contract, including GSA

FSS orders on GSA

Advantage and FedMall

contracts at any dollar

level, require this

Contract Ordering

Official CH designation.

FAR 1.603-3(a)

FAR 8.4

FAR 13.301(b)

FAR

13.301(c)(2)

AFARS

5113.202-90(c)

DPC JAM Role

Descriptions

Guide

Simplified

Acquisition

Threshold

(Note 4)

$250,000 for

CHs that are

trained

contracting

professionals

in the

contracting

office (1102s)

$25,000 for

CHs outside a

contracting

office

Grants authority to

place and pay for

authorized GPC

purchases against the

following:

1) Orders from GSA

federal supply schedule

contracts.

2) Orders from FedMall

contracts, Computer

Hardware Enterprise

Software and Solutions

(CHESS) IDIQ

contracts,

Governmentwide

acquisition, and multiagency contracts.

3) Indefinite Delivery,

Time-and-Material, or

Labor-Hour contracts

that have firm fixed

prices and pre-arranged

terms and conditions

that were awarded by a

warranted contracting

Officer (KO) who

designated the CH, to

place orders. The KO is

responsible for

performing compliance

oversight and reporting

any concerns to the

A/OPC.

Contract Ordering

Official training must be

completed before using

this authority. This

appointment can only be

granted to individuals

who have completed

training commensurate

with their delegated

authority and as

approved by the CPM

(i.e., completion of CLG

0010 is not sufficient).

A/OPCs must ensure

additional controls and

oversight procedures

are in place before

granting this authority.

X
#

Authority

Type

Delegation

Authority

Delegation

Not to

Exceed

Limit (Note

1)

Scope of Authority

Limits

Warrant

Issued

7

Overseas Simplified

Acquisition CH (Note 3)

FAR 1.603-3(a)

for > MPT

FAR 1.603-3(b)

for < MPT

DFARS

213.301(2)

$25,000

Grants authority to

make authorized GPC

purchases valued up to

$25,000 using simplified

acquisition procedures

when the CH is outside

the U.S. for

items/services to be

used outside the U.S.,

and that comply with

the requirements of

DFARS 213.301(2).

X

8

Contract Payment Official

CH

FAR

13.301(c)(3)

As specified

in the

delegation of

authority

letter and

contract. Not

to exceed the

KO’s warrant

authority.

Grants authority to

make contract payments

when authorized by the

contract terms and

conditions.

9

Miscellaneous Payments

Official CH (SF-182

Training Payments)

DoD Charge

Card

Guidebook

DoD FMR Vol

10, Ch. 12, Sec

120323

DoDI 1400.25

Volume 410

$25,000

Grants authority to

make payments for

commercial training

requests using the SF

182, valued at or below

$25,000, in lieu of an

employee

reimbursement by

miscellaneous payment

in accordance with the

procedures to directly

pay the provider in DoD

FMR Volume 10,

Chapter 12, Section

120323, and DoDI

1400.25, Volume 410.
#

Authority

Type

Delegation

Authority

Delegation

Not to

Exceed

Limit (Note

1)

Scope of Authority

Limits

Warrant

Issued

10 Inter/Intra-Govern-mental

Payment Official CH

TFM Vol. I,

Part 5, Ch 7000

DPC memo,

“Guidance on

the

Implementation

of Adjusted

Government

Charge Card

CH Special

Designation

Thresholds,”

dated Oct 6,

2020

$10,000

Grants authority to

make inter/intragovernmental

transactions or

payments (IGT) to

another Government

entity in lieu of using a

Military

Interdepartmental

Purchase Request

(MIPR).

Includes payments to:

 DLA Document

Services

 Department of

Agriculture offered

training

 FedMall GPC

Requisitioning.

 GSA Global Supply

requisitioning

Notes:

1. Dollar values are subject to change. See DoD Charge Card Guidebook for most current guidance.

2. MPT changes are based on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

3. GPC Delegation of Authority and Appointment Letter is equivalent to appointment on an SF 1402,

Certificate of Appointment (i.e., Contracting Officer Warrant).

4. CHs who have previously been issued an SF 1402 may be authorized to place orders using the GPC up to

their delegated authority.

a. Micro-Purchase Cardholder. This authority allows CHs to use the GPC to buy commercially

available, fixed-price supplies and services to fulfill mission-essential requirements. The maximum

single transaction dollar limit for stand-alone purchases is the MPT as defined at FAR 2.101.

b. Micro-Purchase Convenience Check Writer. This authority allows CHs to use a GPC

convenience check to buy commercially available, fixed-price supplies and services to fulfill missionessential requirements. Since convenience checks expose the Government to greater risk, CHs must

make every effort to use a GPC card before writing a check. CHs may only use this authority when

use of the GPC is not possible. All check purchases must be within the applicable convenience check

MPT. DoD FMR Volume 10, Chapter 23 establishes the financial management policy for convenience

check accounts.

c. Micro-Purchase Emergency-Type Operations (ETO) CH and/or Check Writer. This

authority allows CHs to buy commercially available, fixed-price supplies and services to fulfill

mission-essential requirements in direct support of a declared contingency or emergency event. See

41 USC 1903. Emergency-type Operations include the following:

1) Contingency operations as defined in FAR 2.101.

2) Operations to facilitate the defense against or recovery from cyber, nuclear, biological, chemical,
or radiological attack against the U.S. as addressed in FAR 18.001.

3) Operations in support of a request from the Secretary of State or the Administrator of the United

States Agency for International Development to facilitate the provision of international disaster

assistance as addressed in FAR 18.001.

4) Operations to support response to an emergency or major disaster as defined in section 102 of the

Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 USC 5121 et seq, implemented

in FAR 26.2).

5) Humanitarian or peacekeeping operation (as defined at 10 USC 2302(8) and FAR 2.101).

CHs must enter the applicable value from Table 1-4 in the ETO field in the bank’s EAS for each

transaction. If unsure, CHs should consult their A/OPC. If your Component HCA has authorized

emergency acquisition authorities to support COVID or Ukraine for purchases made after 9/30/2022,

then CHs will need to manually enter just the description of “Ukraine” or “COVID” in the

“Contingency Operations” field.

Table 1-4: Emergency-Type Operations

Value When to Use

Not in support of ETO Transaction is not in support of an ETO.

Applicable Code not

in this List

Transaction is in support of an ETO, but the assigned National

Interest Action (NIA) code is not yet in this ETO drop down list or

when Army policy mandates entry of a specific code in the

purchase log to associate a transaction with a particular event.

When this value is selected, the CH must enter applicable code in

the “ADD’L Code or Event Info” field.

O14S

Operations in Iraq or

Syria

Transaction is in support of NIA Code O14S – Operations in Iraq

and Syria.

O15F

Operation Freedom’s

Sentinel

Transaction is in support of NIA Code O15F – Operation

Freedom’s Sentinel (OFS) 2015.

H20L

Hurricane Laura 2020

Transaction is in support of NIA Code H20L – Hurricane Laura

2020.

O21R

Operations Allied

Refuge Welcome

Transaction is in support of NIA Code O21R – Operations Allies

Refuge/Welcome.

H21I

Hurricane IDA 2021 Transaction is in support of NIA Code H21I – Hurricane Ida 2021.
Value When to Use

ADD’L Code or Event

Info

Free Form Text

CH must complete when “Applicable code not in list” is selected

from the drop-down list. Entry must include either the applicable

NIA that is not yet available in the ETO list along with a short

description, or the code specified in Army policy along with a

short description.

d. Warranted Overseas ETO Cardholder. This authority allows CHs to use the GPC in conjunction

with their separately issued SF 1402 Certificate of Appointment to purchase supplies and services as

prescribed in DFARS 213.301(3). Contracting officers may use this authority to make purchases up

to the applicable simplified acquisition threshold in support of declared contingency or emergency

events.

e. Contract Ordering Official. This authority allows CHs with the appropriate training to issue

fixed-price orders against existing contracts (e.g., GSA FSS, BPAs, FedMall contracts, CHESS

contracts) to fulfill mission-essential requirements for supplies and services valued up to the

Contract Ordering Official single purchase limit and to use the GPC to pay for these

orders/purchases. When using this authority, CHs must 1) ensure they are authorized to place

orders by the contract terms and conditions, 2) ensure the order will comply with all the contracts

terms and conditions, and 3) follow all applicable ordering procedures. When ordering above the

MPT, CH should obtain pricing from small business when small business can meet the requirements.

The CH should obtain quotes from at least three sources. If restricting competition to fewer than

three sources, the CH should document the circumstances in the purchase file. CHs with this

designation will be referred to as “Ordering Officials” throughout this document.

f. Overseas Simplified Acquisition. This authority allows CHs to make authorized GPC purchases

up to a single purchase limit of $25,000 when the CH is outside the U.S. for items/services to be

used outside the U.S., and that comply with the requirements of DFARS 213.301(2). When ordering

above the MPT, the CH should obtain quotes from at least three sources. If restricting consideration

to fewer than three, document the circumstances in the purchase file.

g. Contract Payment Official. This authority allows CHs to use the GPC to make payments against

contracts that have been signed by a Contracting Officer when the GPC is named as the payment

method. The GPC may provide a streamlined way of paying for contracts when a contracting officer

determines the use of the GPC is in the best interest of the Government (AFARS 5113.202-90(d)).

h. Miscellaneous Payments Official (SF 182 Training Payments). This authority allows CHs to

make payments for commercial training requests using the SF 182, valued at or below $25,000 in

accordance with the procedures to directly pay the provider in DoD FMR Volume 10, Chapter 12,

Section 120323, and DoDI 1400.25, Volume 410a. The SF 182 or equivalent must be completed prior

to the training. When provided by a non-Government source, the training must consist of a regularly

scheduled, commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) course, training conference, or instructional service that

is available to the general public and priced the same for everyone in the same category, e.g., price

per student, course, program, service, or training space.

i. Inter/Intra-Governmental Payment Official. This authority allows CHs to make payments to

other Federal Government agencies in lieu of using a MIPR or Inter-Governmental Payment and

Collection (IPAC) up to $10,000. This authority includes, but is not limited to, payments to the

Commissary, DLA Document Services, GSA Global Supply, and requisitioning NSNs on FedMall.
Purchases from the following sources are not considered inter/intra-governmental payments: state

and local governments, AbilityOne, GSA Advantage, and CHESS.