Glossary of Terms

TermDescription
Business Areaan operational unit within one of the organisations involved in the Government Procurement Card scheme
CardA Government Procurement Card issued under the terms of the Scottish Government Departmental GPC Agreement with Royal Bank of Scotland
Card Controlleran individual within Procurement who is responsible for monitoring and reporting on the use of the RoS GPC & Corporate Card and reporting to the Crad Executive and Audit.
Card Officeran individual within each Business Area who is responsible for verifying cardholder transactions and authorising the cardholders spend
Cardholdera person who has been nominated for this purpose by their organisation and to whom a card is issued
Credit Limitthe maximum VAT-exclusive expenditure by an individual cardholder over a monthly period
GPCGovernment Procurement Card
Smartdataonline reconciliation tool to view all GPC transactions
Statementdetails monthly transactions made by the cardholder which requires payment in full within 14 days, otherwise known as the invoice
Summary Statementreceived by the Card Controller and details all Cardholders total spend, to be processed for payment within 5 working days
Transaction Limitthe maximum permitted expenditure on a single Card transaction - currently £600 including VAT. If spend exceeds this total then quotes may be requested.