Purchasing Card Policy

The primary means of purchasing valid goods and services necessary for conducting County business is the procurement process. This policy addresses employee use of Purchasing Cards (P-Cards). This policy does not cover employee travel and business expense reimbursements which are addressed in the Employee Business and Travel Expense Reimbursement Policy. The following protocols and related procedures must be complied with; however, they are not intended to address every situation. 

The purpose of the Cook County Purchasing Card Program (the P-Card program) is to provide an efficient, cost-effective, secondary payment option for official County purchases when the purchase order process or ePayables program is not an available option. 

Various useful documents related to the County P-Card Policy can be found on the right side of this page.