EXPENDITURE AUTHORIZATION FORM AND DEPARTMENTAL PURCHASE METHOD

The following listed goods and services may be purchased by the Departmental Purchase Method without Procurement Office approval and without issuance of a Purchase Order.

List the DPM number in the upper left hand corner of the Expenditure Authorization and submit to Accounts Payable with invoice, letter or catalog price list, bill or advertisement referencing price.

DPM #1 11-35-710(8) Articles for commercial resale (Available to public for sale)

DPM #2 11-35-710(11) Published books, periodicals and technical pamphlets.

DPM #3 11-35-710(12) Postage (United States Postal Service)

DPM #4 11-35-710(13) Invoices for gas and electricity, water and sever services provided by public utilities subject to rate regulation by the Public Service Commission.

DPM #5 11-35-710(15) Copyrighted educational films, filmstrips, slides and transparencies

DPM #6 11-35-710(17) Professional dues and registration and membership fees

DPM #7 11-35-710(20) Hospital and medical clinic services.

DPM #8 11-35-710(30) Furniture refurbishing services of the Department of Corrections

DPM #9 11-35-710(37) Instructional training seminars offered by governmental bodies to state employees on a registration fee basis and those contractual consultant services necessary to provide the professional instruction for the seminars.

DPM #10 11-35-710(52) Advertisements in professional journals or publications.

DPM #11 11-35-710(53) Advertising time or space in newspapers, radio or television. (Note: Consultants obtained to handle advertising campaigns or prepare ads are not exempted.)

DPM #12 11-35-710(54) Expenses of evaluation committees required for institutions of higher learning in order to maintain accreditation (i.e., Southern Association of Colleges and Schools).

DPM #13 11-35-710(55) License agreements for computer software only after such software has been competitively bid as required by the Procurement Code. (Upgrades and maintenance for existing software, not new purchases).

DPM #14 11-35-710(35) Professional Artists utilized by the South Carolina Arts Commission.

DPM #15 11-35-710(59) Conference Facilities, on the condition that guidelines (MMO138) have been followed.

DPM #16 11-35-710(21) Medical doctors and psychiatrists.