The City of Fairfax, through a regional consortium, has established a purchasing card program. The use of this program is governed by the Fairfax City Purchasing Resolution and the city’s procurement card policy.

ADMINISTRATION

The Office of Procurement is responsible for managing, monitoring, and enforcing the policies and procedures governing the use of the Purchasing Card (P-Card) Program by the City of Fairfax employees. Oversight for this program is provided by the city P-Card Program Administrator. 

BENEFITS

The purchasing card program provides many benefits. Cardholders and departments are empowered to make decentralized purchases up to their delegated authority. The program streamlines the purchasing process by reducing the need for purchase orders and petty cash or small dollar purchase orders.  Purchasing cards add value to the city by reducing the number of checks processed, mailed, and deposited manually to the vendor community. The P-Card program allows the city to pay one vendor, JPMorgan Chase Bank, for all purchases made with the card. The city receives an annual rebate based on annual combined total charge volume within the regional consortium.