Can I use the purchase order/BPA mechanism to travel Government employees?
> No. Purchase orders are not to be used in lieu of official travel orders when a Government employee is traveling on authorized official business. The purchase orders simply allow the NIH to take advantage of Government contract airfares when traveling non-Government participants to an official meeting or event. Official travel orders contain more Government employee related items such as per diem, mileage for Privately Owned Vehicles (POV) etc…, which the purchase order can not accommodate.
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