Direct Payments
The payment for goods and services not under purchase order must be in accordance with the purchasing laws of the State of Mississippi. Accordingly the purchases must be reviewed and approved by the Office of Procurement Services. Direct Pays are mainly for Bully Buy contract payments, utility payments, and subcontract/subaward payments for grants. Below is a list of other expense types that can be paid using a direct pay. If you have questions about whether or not a charge is allowable on a Direct Pay, contact our office at bbhelp@procurement.msstate.edu.
- Awards
- Contract payments
- Demurrage (freight charges; unless associated with a purchase order)
- Departmental gasoline credit cards
- External professional fees and reimbursement to consultants for expenses
- Honorariums
- Human Resource Vouchers (i.e. insurance payments)
- Imprest Fund/Petty Cash Reimbursements
- Independent Contractors
- Interlibrary Loan Payments
- Library Vouchers (i.e. inventory books and subscriptions)
- Miscellaneous payments
- Mississippi State Tax Commission Payments
- Pager Services (If annual, put on a Purchase Order)
- Payments to research subjects
- Payroll Vouchers (annuity payments, etc.)
- Postmaster Payments (i.e. box rental, metered mail machine postage)
- Refunds (Housing, Student Health Center, etc.)
- Reimbursement of Entertainment or other Official Business Expenses
- Reimbursement of Moving Expenses
- Room and Board for student athletes
- Royalties
- Stipends
- Surplus Property Purchases
- Telephone Charges
- Utility payments (i.e. electricity, gas, water, and sanitation)
- Maintenance: Pitney Bowes only
- Rental: Pitney Bowes only (excluding copy machines)
- Hotel/Travel/Food for Athletic Football team
Contact Information
Mississippi State University
Procurement Services
P.O. Box 5307
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Mailstop: 9718
Hours of Operation: M-F 8am - 5pm
Phone: 662-325-2550
Fax: 662-325-8640