GOSHEN – Orange County Government is continuing the use of Payment Solutions, or P-Cards, a credit card used by municipalities and other government entities to purchase goods and services.
The web-based method eliminates paperwork costs with traditional check processing, reduces the risk of fraud, and can pay county vendors within 24 hours. The previous procurement process took up to 120 days to pay vendors.
County Executive Steven Neuhaus said the P-Card allows for greater participation among small businesses that may not have been able to wait up to four months for payments.
The county also receives cash rebates on all annual purchase totals over $50,000. The county saves $74 per transaction by using the P-Card.
That process “significantly reduces waste associated with paperwork and saves more money for our taxpayers,” Neuhaus said. “County contract renegotiations have already saved us millions of dollars. Now we are enhancing operations by eliminating vendor-payment delays and utilizing a single, online system each time each time Orange County orders goods and services from a third party.”
