Training requirements for purchase cardholders, Approving Officials, and Agency/Organization Program Coordinators are listed in the following table:
HHS Purchase Card Training Program, by Authority Level------------------------------------------------------------------------
Required training
Authority \a\ Program participant \b\------------------------------------------------------------------------Up to $3,000................ Prospective/newly Basic purchase card
appointed purchase training (HHS
cardholders and University course
Approving Officials. or an OPDIV
equivalent course).
Purchase card Yearly refresher
holders and purchase card
Approving Officials. training.
$3,001 to $25,000........... Prospective/newly Basic purchase
appointed purchase card training (HHS
cardholders and University course
Approving Officials. or an equivalent).
Basic simplified
acquisition
procedures (e.g.,
DAU's CON 237).
Advanced
simplified
acquisition
procedures or
Appropriations law.
Purchase card Yearly refresher
holders and purchase card
Approving Officials. training.$25,001 to $100,000......... Prospective/newly Basic purchase
appointed purchase card training (HHS
cardholders and University course
Approving Officials. or an OPDIV
equivalent course).
Basic simplified
acquisition
procedures (e.g.,
DAU's CON 237).
Advanced
simplified
acquisition
procedures or
Appropriations law.
CON 100 (Shaping
Smart Business
Arrangements).
CON 110 (Mission
Support Planning).
Purchase cardholders Yearly refresher
and Approving purchase card
Officials. training.Not applicable.............. Prospective/newly Basic purchase
appointed Agency/ card training (HHS
Organization University course
Program or an OPDIV
Coordinators. equivalent course).
Basic simplified
acquisition
procedures or DAU's
CON 237.
Advanced
simplified
acquisition
procedures or
appropriations law.
CON 100 (Shaping
Smart Business
Arrangements).
CON 110 (Mission
Support Planning).
Agency/Organization Yearly refresher
Program purchase card
Coordinators. training
(attendance at
GSA's annual
training conference
satisfies refresher
training).------------------------------------------------------------------------\a\ Cardholders and Approving Officials with authorized increases in
delegation of procurement authority (DPA) have up to 3 months to
complete the training requirements for the new DPA.\b\ CON 237, CON 100, and CON 110 are available at the DAU Web site at
http://www.dau.mil/registrar/enroll.asp. CON 100 is also offered
through HHS University (see Web site at: http://learning.hhs.gov).