Strategic Payment Solutions

There are several types of strategic payment solutions available under the GSA SmartPay® 3 Master Contract.

Strategic payment solutions allow you to:

• Gain efficiencies on current spend.
• Capture additional spend.
• Increase refunds.
• Improve oversight and control.
• Gain transparency and accountability within your program.

Card-Not-Present Solutions

• Mechanism to complete a transaction without having a physical card in place.
• Examples include:
  • Declining Balance Cards.
  • Ghost Cards.
  • Mobile Payments.
  • Single Use Accounts.

ePayables

• Solution that augments or replaces the accounts payables process such that electronic transactions take place directly between the government and the supplier.
• Typically used with merchants who are traditionally paid by check or EFT or with merchants who do not accept charge card payments (like utility companies).
• Examples include:
  • Straight-Through Processing.
  • Buyer-Initiated Payments.
  • Supplier-Initiated Payments.

Find Your Solution

Reach out to your Level 1 Agency/Organization Program Coordinator (A/OPC) to determine which solutions are available under your agency’s task order.

Contact your GSA SmartPay contractor bank for examples of how the payment solution could be used in your program.