Using P-card

Speaking from a DoD standpoint, I don't know of anything the prohibits it.  One concern might be if the cardholder had to agree to certain terms and conditions as part of signing up for an account.  In actuality it has been very rare in my experience in the GCPC program that a vendor will not take orders over the phone.  Also, most of what my cardholders purchase are either from mandatory sources (UNICOR, AbilityOne) of from existing Government contracts (GSA or Army CHESS), so they rarely buy stuff from a commercial vendor, but it does happen.  The only restriction that I am aware of in regards to setting up accounts is with Third Party Payment services (e.g. PayPal).  Cardholders are prohibited from setting up accounts for that.

Thanks. By the way, in anticipation of the inevitable "have you read ...",  I did review the DoD Government Charge Card Guidebook, and other materials at https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/pdi/pc/index.html . Nothing seemed to answer this question, although if someone can point to any relevant information I would be glad to review it.

jtolli said:

most of what my cardholders purchase are [...] from existing Government contracts (GSA or Army CHESS)

Not to hijack the thread, but on a semi-related note apparently DPC is saying as of March that to order from an existing Government contract a cardholder needs to be designated "by name" by the contracting officer who awarded the contract (source: https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/pdi/pc/docs/SmartPay3/Ref B - JAM GPC Role Descriptions_3-23-21.docx).