Statewide Purchasing Card and Business Travel Card Services

The State of Missouri Office of Administration, Division of Purchasing, is requesting proposals for statewide purchasing card and business travel card services for various Executive, Judicial, and Legislative agencies under RFP Solicitation No. STATE 0000000488SL, with proposals due August 7, 2026, at 2:00 PM Central Time.

The scope encompasses a corporate-liability purchasing card program for authorized state employees and a personal-liability business travel card program for official travel expenses. As of February 2026, the state operates 5,084 active purchasing cardholders and approximately 70 business travel cardholders across 24 agencies. Fiscal year 2025 purchasing card spending totaled $102.5 million (338,582 transactions), with business travel card spending of $231,000. The contractor must also service the Cooperative Procurement Program at no additional cost, encompassing participating educational institutions, local government agencies, school districts, and special districts with combined fiscal year 2025 spending of $19.9 million. The contractor must issue all new cards and activate them within forty-five calendar days of the state's notice to proceed.

The contractor must maintain a minimum of five years' experience overseeing purchasing and business travel card programs for organizations of comparable size and scope, with leadership team members holding five years of experience and working team members holding a minimum of one year of experience. Pricing shall be submitted on Exhibit C as firm, fixed rebate percentages applied to combined purchasing and business travel card purchases. The contractor shall pay rebates quarterly via ACH within fifteen calendar days of quarter-end, with no administrative fees charged to the state for the purchasing card program.

The contract period runs three years from the effective date with two optional one-year renewal periods. Vendor questions are due July 28, 2026. A current contract (Contract No. CS211674001) exists and is available through the Division of Purchasing's Awarded Bid & Contract Document Search System. The state reserves the right to terminate for convenience with thirty calendar days' notice and does not guarantee any contract usage.