Procurement Card Program
The Â鶹¹û¶³ Moines Public School Procurement Card program provides district employees with a convenient and efficient means of purchasing permitted goods and services directly from vendors.
Frequently Asked Questions
For employees who make regular purchases or travel often, an individual pCard can be obtained by completing the following form: . Once the request is completed and approved, the employee must complete all mandatory trainings and sign a Â鶹¹û¶³ment of Agreement. Employees should allow 30 days for receipt of their pCard.
If a school/department needs a new pCard, fill out the form.
Prior to checking out a p-card, employees must complete all modules of the online training, read the p-Card and Employee Travel sections of the Business & Finance Procedure Manual, and fill out the p-Card User Agreement form.
- Step 1: Complete DMPS Procurement Card Program Training (Checking out a p-Card):Â Â Â |Â Â Â Â |Â Â
- Step 2: Read sections p-Card and Employee Travel from the Business & Finance Procedure Manual (link at top of page)
- Step 3: Complete
If you need to make a single purchase valued $3,500 or higher, per district purchasing guidelines, you must work the Purchasing department to complete the necessary bids/RFP process. Complete the necessary steps with the Purchasing department, then submit the change request form.
- Personal Items
- Money Orders or Gift Cards
- Drugs/alcohol/narcotics/OTC medications
- Furniture, fixtures, and equipment valued at $1,000 or greater
- DMPS salaries, wages, and benefits
- Monthly contracts and subscriptions
- Gasoline for personal vehicles
If you have a question about an item you are planning to purchase please contact Accounts Payable prior to making that purchase to confirm compliance.
- Before making the purchase review the Central Stores Catalog to determine whether the item or a like item is available.
- If purchasing through a third party on Amazon, you must confirm that our tax-exempt status is honored before making the purchase.
- Personal items should never be purchased on Amazon Business and personal credit cards should never be used for district purchases on Amazon.
- The district does not pay for additional shipping. DMPS Amazon Business utilizes Amazon Prime because of this the district is eligible for two-day shipping on most items.
- Care should be taken when purchasing any chemical such as bleach by checking with Custodial Supervision to ensure the purchase and use in a class setting is acceptable by state code.
- Purchaser should always achieve the best value by balancing the advantages of quality, durability, delivery time and other non-price considerations against the price, to obtain the maximum combined advantage to the school or department.