The Division of Payment Management (DPM) provides grant and grant-like payments, cash management, and grant accounting support services to agencies processing approximately 75% of civilian grant payments made by the federal government, amounting to more than $412 billion annually.
The DPM Payment Management System (PMS) is one of two civilian grant payment systems approved by the Chief Financial Officers Council. It provides awarding agencies and grant recipients the tools to manage grant payment requests, drawdowns, and disbursement reporting activities. Awarding agencies may designate the level of oversight to be provided for a specific grantee’s payment requests.
Services offered include:
- Self-serve or monitored grant draw requests
- Next-day payments through the Treasury Automated Clearing House
- Same-day payments for emergencies or special circumstances
- Foreign payments (deposited to U.S. and foreign bank accounts)
- Cash management services that support the Cash Management Improvement Act
- Professional grant accounting support services
- PMS Web access for drawdown requests, reports and queries, and contacts
- Personalized account liaison services
- PMS training and Help Desk support
- Collection services on overdrawn grants, disallowed costs, and excess interest
- Audit support (SSAE-16 and requests for information)
Offered to:
All federal agencies
Performance:
99% of grant payment requests will be processed, and funds deposited in the recipient’s account, by the next business day.
99% of the time, management reports will be available to customers within five (5) business days of month end.
100% of new grantees will be registered within four (4) business days.
100% of the time, calls to the Help Desk that are received by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time will be answered by the end of the business day.
Rate:
Type 1 document: upon request*
*Type 1 document rate is formula driven and applies to state/local/tribal government grants. Please call for a Type 1 document rate calculation.
Type 2 document: $65.03 per document**
**Type 2 document rate applies to non-profit/hospital/university grants.
Contact:
301-492-4960; joseph.baldwin@psc.hhs.gov
http://www.dpm.psc.gov
