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PURCHASING GUIDELINES (Continued Office within 24 hours after purchase. Department heads shall be responsible to insure that the blanket order is not abused. (1) A blanket purchase order is used to help eliminate voluminous amounts of individual purchase orders. In order to control small, daily purchases and to • insure only authorized purchases are made, the follow- ing steps will be followed: (a) The requester will prepar.e.a requisition form indicating blanket purchase order number to be used. ® (b) The requisition form shall be prepared listing the item(s) to be purchased and forwarded to the department head for approval. The requisition shall then be submitted to the County Administrator for "final approval". (c) The requester shall then make the purchase and shall deliver the vendor's invoice/packing list, etc., with.a copy of the requisition to the Purchasing Agent within 2.4 hours. (d) The Purchasing Agent shall then file the requisition and supporting documents with the purchase order. r 4f. Petty Cash Purchasing: Petty cash not to exceed $10.00 i per transaction may be authorized by the department heads.. Freight and/or COD charges shall be limited to $50.00 cash per transaction. A warrant shall be issued for any amount exceeding this $50.00 limitation. Prior arrangements must e be made and approved by the Director of Material Management before any COD shipments are permitted. 3-1 REQUISITIONL":G la. Requisitions: Requisitions are submitted to the Purchasing Office to authorize purchasing action. Other than petty cash purchases, all purchases of materials, supplies and equip - Ment must be made by the Purchasing Agent. Expressly forbidden .,. is direct purchase from the vendor with subsequent payment by a request for payment. Requisitions will be prepared and submitted in accordance with the following. instructions: Approved 2/21/79• MAS 71979 ° B(}OK 39 PAGE 241