The Program Initiation section outlines the steps necessary to initiate a county purchase card program at the county level by the board of county commissioners in conjunction with the State Purchase Card Administrator at OMES and the contract holder, Bank of America.

The Board of County Commissioners

The board of county commissioners submits a signed, written request on county letterhead to the State P- Card Administrator to join the state purchase card program. The request must contain the name of the primary contact(s). The request should be emailed to pcard@omes.ok.gov.

The Office of Management and Enterprise Services

OMES forwards the county's written request to the contract holder, Bank of America.

The Bank of America

The Bank of America (BOA) requests the following documents from the board of county commissioners:

• Linking agreement
• Financial statements
• Tax commission letter or IRS determination letter

BOA also approves (or declines) the credit based on the documents provided by the board of county commissioners.

The Board of County Commissioners

The board of county commissioners completes the BOA questionnaire and BOA card account worksheet.

The Bank of America

BOA submits county documents for credit approval and implementation.