P Card
Contract & Consortium
Purchase Orders
Red Flag or Good to go?
100

What type of purchases is the P Card primarily intended for?

Consumable supplies and approved business/travel expenses

100

MHEC is focused on what type of contracts

Higher Ed

100

True or false once your requisition is input to the system you can make your purchase.

False - your requisition needs to be approved in order to create a PO and then make the purchase. 

100

Office supplies purchased using a P-Card and shipped directly to campus

Good to go

200

By what date must cardholders reconcile their transactions each month?

By the 4th of the following month

200

Who are the only two people who can sign contracts on behalf of the college?

Jan Forsstrum or President Heinman

200

What type of purchase order should you make if you know you will need to continually buy supplies

A blanket PO

200

Using a P Card to purchase a gift card for a student incentive

Red Flag 

300

Name one example of a restricted commodity that cannot be purchased with a P Card.

Gift cards, alcohol, furniture, consulting services, personal items (any one of these)

300

At what dollar threshold is it required to compare two or more contracted sources or complete a formal RFP?

$50,000 or over

300

Before creating a PO where do you go into to create a requistion

Self Service

300

Cardholder uploads receipt and documentation and reconciles charges by the 15th of the following month

Red Flag - needs to be done by the 4th 

400

Where must items purchased with a P Card be shipped?

To the Danvers campus (not a personal/home address)

400

True or false you need to put your contract number on your Purchase Order

True

400

Purchase Order requirements are based on total spend per vendor over what time period?

The entire fiscal year

400

Employee purchases food for a meeting using a P-Card without prior VP approval

Red Flag

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