Purchases follow the following order of operations and only proceed to the next step if they do not have any valid bids or sources in the current step. 1st - GSA Schedule only – Small Business Only – Auction open for response often for 3 days 2nd – GSA Schedule only – Large Business Included – 1 Day 3rd – Open Market – Small Business Only – 1 Day 4th – Open Market – Full and Open – 1 Day

A purchase card would not be used for this purchase; a Purchase Order will be generated. With a purchase card, payment is rendered with a purchase card by the card holder. With a PO payment is processed in the Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) after the contract is fulfilled. The contractor submits the invoice for COR approval in IPP AFTER instrumentation has been received AND installed.