South Carolina Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom presented the South Carolina Department of Transportation with a rebate check for $88,492.88.

Eckstrom presented the check Nov. 13 to SC Secretary of Transportation H.B. "Buck" Limehouse Jr. at the Comptroller General's Office in Columbia.

SCDOT was able to save this amount by using the state procurement card for routine purchases. The state procurement card allows a streamlined billing process as opposed to multiple requisitions, purchase orders and paperwork for each individual purchase. 

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South Carolina Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom (second from right) presents the South Carolina Department of Transportation with a rebate check in the amount of $88,492.88 for the agency's use of the state procurement card. Accepting the check on behalf of SCDOT are (from left) SCDOT Chief Internal Auditor Robin Wilkes, SC Secretary of Transportation H.B. "Buck" Limehouse Jr. and SCDOT Deputy Secretary for Finance and Administration Debra Rountree (at right). (Photo by Rob Thompson/SCDOT)