Purchasing Methods | Financial Policies

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07/01/2026

These methods are for the new University Card program. If you need to review the previous version for remaining PCard purchases, you can do so here.

The following table outlines purchasing methods that can be utilized for specific categories of Business-Related expenses, provided all requirements for Allowable Expenditures are met. This list is not inclusive of all expense categories. Purchases allowed on DV and University Card must adhere to the limits established per policy. An individual purchase from any merchant may not exceed the single transaction limit of $10,000 when utilizing the University Card. Certain categories may require pre-approval or be subject to restriction, as noted.

EXPENDITURE CATEGORY	Supplier DV	IB / SB	ProCard*	TravelCard, OneCard, & Out-of-Pocket Reimbursement	REQS
Purchases over $10,000	Restricted⁽¹⁾	Allowed	Not Allowed	Not Allowed	Allowed
Purchases over $25,000	Restricted⁽¹⁾	Allowed	Not Allowed	Not Allowed	Allowed
Purchases from another University department	Not Allowed	Allowed⁽²⁾	Restricted⁽⁴⁵⁾	Restricted⁽⁴⁵⁾	Not Allowed
Airfare and primary transportation (shuttle, bus, train, taxi)	Restricted⁽³⁾	N/A	Not Allowed	Restricted⁽⁴⁾	Restricted⁽⁴⁶⁾
Animal medical services	Restricted⁽¹⁾	Allowed	Restricted⁽⁴⁸⁾	Restricted⁽⁴⁸⁾	Allowed
Animals⁽⁵⁾	Restricted⁽¹⁾	Allowed	Not Allowed	Not Allowed	Allowed
Building construction and maintenance expenses	Restricted⁽¹⁾⁽⁶⁾	Allowed	Restricted⁽⁶⁾	Not Allowed	Restricted⁽⁶⁾
Business Meals	Restricted⁽³⁾	Allowed	Allowed	Allowed	Restricted⁽⁴⁹⁾
Cash Advances	Restricted⁽⁷⁾	N/A	Not Allowed	Restricted⁽⁷⁾	Not Allowed
Charter Aircraft	Not Allowed	N/A	Not Allowed	Not Allowed	Allowed
Charter Buses	Restricted⁽³⁾	N/A	Allowed	Allowed	Allowed
Apparel	Allowed	Not Allowed	Restricted⁽⁴³⁾	Restricted⁽⁴³⁾	Allowed
Awards and Prizes	Restricted⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁰⁾	Not Allowed	Not Allowed	Not Allowed	Restricted⁽⁴⁰⁾
Commissions, permission fees, and royalties	Allowed⁽⁸⁾⁽⁹⁾	N/A	Not Allowed	Not Allowed	Allowed⁽⁸⁾⁽⁹⁾
Conflict of Interest Vendors	Allowed⁽¹⁰⁾	N/A	Not Allowed	Not Allowed	Allowed⁽¹⁰⁾
Cooperating (Mentor) Teachers	Allowed	N/A	Not Allowed	Not Allowed	Not Allowed
Employee Service and Achievement Awards	Restricted⁽³⁾	Allowed	Restricted⁽¹²⁾	Restricted⁽¹²⁾	Allowed
Entertainers and Performers⁽¹³⁾	Allowed	N/A	Allowed	Allowed	Allowed
Capital Purchases	Restricted⁽¹⁾	N/A	Not Allowed⁽⁴⁴⁾	Not Allowed	Allowed
Non-capital Purchases	Restricted⁽¹⁾	N/A	Allowed	Not Allowed	Allowed
FedEx	Allowed⁽¹⁴⁾	N/A	Allowed	Allowed	Not Allowed
Firearms or ammunition	Restricted⁽¹⁾	N/A	Not Allowed	Not Allowed	Allowed
Flowers and decorations for an official University event	Restricted⁽³⁾⁽¹⁵⁾	N/A	Restricted⁽¹⁵⁾	Restricted⁽¹⁵⁾	Restricted⁽¹⁵⁾
Food (other than Business Meals)⁽¹⁶⁾	Restricted⁽³⁾	N/A	Allowed	Allowed	Allowed
Foreign tangible purchases	Allowed⁽³⁹⁾	N/A	Allowed⁽³⁹⁾	Allowed	Allowed
Foreign services/software	Restricted⁽¹⁾⁽⁹⁾	N/A	Not Allowed	Not Allowed	Allowed⁽⁹⁾
Foreign Visitors (Nonresident Aliens), payments to or on-behalf of	Restricted⁽¹⁷⁾	N/A	Not Allowed	Not Allowed	Restricted⁽¹⁷⁾
Gasoline	Restricted⁽³⁾	N/A	Not Allowed	Restricted⁽¹⁸⁾	Allowed
Hazardous and biohazardous materials⁽¹⁹⁾	Restricted⁽¹⁾	N/A	Restricted⁽²⁰⁾	Restricted⁽²⁰⁾	Allowed
Hotels & Lodging	Restricted⁽³⁾	N/A	Not Allowed	Restricted⁽²¹⁾	Allowed
Human Medical Services (includes medical care, patient care, and related services)	Restricted⁽²²⁾	N/A	Not Allowed	Not Allowed	Allowed
Manuscript reviewers who will be paid $599 or less during the calendar year	Allowed	N/A	Not Allowed	Not Allowed	Allowed
Manuscript reviewers who will be paid $600 or more during the calendar year	Not Allowed	N/A	Not Allowed	Not Allowed	Allowed
Office Supplies	Not Allowed	Allowed	Restricted⁽⁴⁷⁾	Restricted⁽⁴⁷⁾	Allowed
Officials for NCAA sponsored events	Allowed⁽²³⁾	N/A	Not Allowed	Not Allowed	Allowed
Online Marketplace⁽¹¹⁾	Allowed	N/A	Allowed	Allowed	Allowed
Payments to individuals/Independent Contractor Services	Restricted⁽²⁴⁾	N/A	Not Allowed	Not Allowed	Allowed
Postage < $1,000	Allowed⁽²⁵⁾	N/A	Allowed⁽²⁶⁾	Allowed⁽²⁶⁾	Allowed⁽²⁵⁾
Postage > $1,000	Not Allowed	N/A	Allowed⁽²⁶⁾	Allowed⁽²⁶⁾	Allowed⁽²⁵⁾
Prepaid Cards (gift cards/certificates, eGiftcards, vouchers, phone cards	Allowed⁽²⁷⁾	Allowed⁽²⁷⁾	Not Allowed	Not Allowed	Allowed⁽²⁷⁾
Products or merchandise with a University trademark	Restricted⁽²⁸⁾	Allowed	Restricted⁽²⁸⁾	Restricted⁽²⁸⁾	Restricted⁽²⁸⁾
Recruitment advertising	Restricted⁽³⁾	N/A	Allowed	Allowed	Allowed⁽²⁹⁾
Refunds to sponsors	Restricted⁽³⁰⁾	N/A	Not Allowed	Not Allowed	Not Allowed
Registration fees (local and travel-related), use Object Code 5520	Restricted⁽³⁾	N/A	Allowed	Allowed	Allowed
Relocation/Moving expenses for employees⁽³¹⁾	Not Allowed	N/A	Not Allowed	Not Allowed	Not Allowed
Rental vehicles	Restricted⁽³⁾	Allowed⁽³²⁾	Not Allowed	Restricted⁽³³⁾	Allowed
Research/Business moving expenses	Restricted⁽³⁴⁾	N/A	Restricted⁽³⁴⁾	Not Allowed	Allowed⁽³⁴⁾
Scholarship awards to postdoctoral fellows	Allowed	N/A	Not Allowed	Not Allowed	Not Allowed
Scholarship awards to students	Not Allowed	Not Allowed	Not Allowed	Not Allowed	Not Allowed
Subject pay	Allowed⁽³⁵⁾	N/A	Not Allowed	Not Allowed	Not Allowed
Subscriptions⁽³⁶⁾	Allowed	N/A	Allowed	Allowed	Allowed
Temporary Employment Services Vendors	Allowed	N/A	Allowed	Not Allowed	Allowed
Utility invoices (telephone, internet, electric, gas, water, refuse)	Restricted⁽³⁾	Allowed	Allowed	Allowed	Allowed⁽³⁷⁾
Vehicles	Restricted⁽¹⁾⁽⁴¹⁾	Allowed	Restricted⁽⁴¹⁾	Restricted⁽⁴¹⁾	Restricted⁽⁴¹⁾
Vehicle maintenance and repairs	Restricted⁽¹⁾⁽⁴²⁾	Allowed	Restricted⁽⁴²⁾	Restricted⁽⁴²⁾	Restricted⁽⁴²⁾
Visiting expert or guest speaker	Allowed⁽³⁸⁾	N/A	Not Allowed	Not Allowed	Allowed⁽³⁸⁾

*All Purchases requiring review of a contract agreement need to use the Requisition process.

*Using personal funds and seeking reimbursement is limited to qualified and approved expenditures incurred while conducting University business that could not reasonably be paid using a University payment method. Employees must request out-of-pocket reimbursements in accordance with University procedures and system requirements.