Field Ordering Officer and Paying Agent Handbook - US Army ...

CENTER FOR ARMY LESSONS LEARNED
General Reminders
Do not buy:
Do buy:
Day laborers (FOOs can pay for day labor services that require only a
single payment for labor services an existing contract does not cover. The
FOO must contact the supporting contracting office to check for existing
contracts).
Cellular phones, monthly service charges, or prepaid phone cards;
computer hardware and software; and hand-held radios.
Vehicles, either purchase or rental; long-term building leases.
Morale, Welfare, and Recreation equipment or services such as DVDs,
satellite dishes, cable TVs, TVs, social events, or other services or tours.
Any rapid fielding initiative item or issued uniform clothing item; any
personal demand item.
Gifts, souvenirs, and plaques; coins; or items on the unit’s table of
organization and equipment or modification table of organization and
equipment.
Ammunition or explosives, weapons, alcohol, tobacco products, or excess
baggage.
Construction materials used to build a fixed (“permanent”) site; carpeting.
Class I (food, water, or ice); Class VIII (prescription medical supplies);
Class III (bulk) for military vehicles or aircraft.
Travel items (tickets, meals, lodging, rental vehicles, fuel for rental
vehicles, tolls, etc.) that otherwise are reimbursable to the traveler.
Split requirements or anything over the purchase dollar limit for each
FOO that the contracting officer establishes.
General office supplies, supply items not available through supply
channels, film processing, training aid material, sanitation items.
Small emergency repair for vehicles and fuel for leased/rented vehicles.
Transportation (local bus or taxi fares).
Short-term real estate property leasing for operational purposes.
Power strips, extension cords, fans, printer cartridges, trash bags, and
transformers.
When in doubt, call your contracting officer.
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