The GSA SmartPay® program provides charge cards to agencies/departments throughout the U.S. government, as well as tribal governments, through master contracts that are negotiated with major national banks. There are currently over 350 agencies/organizations participating in the GSA SmartPay® program spending more than $26 billion annually, through over 98 million transactions on nearly three million cards. See the Program Statistics section for more information.

The GSA SmartPay® program office currently manages five master contracts with charge card providers; Bank of America, Citibank, JPMorganChase, Mellon Bank and U.S. Bank. Through these contracts, agencies can obtain a number of different types of charge card products and services to support their mission needs, including:

• Purchase Cards:  For purchasing general supplies and services;
• Travel Cards:  For travel expenses related to official government travel (airline, hotel, meals, incidentals);
• Fleet Cards:  For fuel and supplies for government vehicles; and
• Integrated Cards:  Two or more business lines (card types) whose processes are integrated into one card.

Qualified agencies/organizations that are interested in obtaining charge card services can issue a task order under the master contract, and receive offers from the charge card providers.

The current GSA SmartPay® contract was awarded in 1998. The current contract is set to expire in 2008, and GSA has awarded contracts to the banks that will provide charge card services to the government going forward. This future program is referred to as GSA SmartPay® 2.  The banks that have been awarded contracts under GSA SmartPay® 2 are Citibank, JP Morgan/Chase and U.S. Bank.