Chapter 31 Veterans Readiness and Employment Information for Counselors

Purchase Order (PO)

When issuing your Purchase Order (PO) for tuition for a Penn State student, please ensure you are using the correct vendor ID and email address (please see below):

Penn State University (all campuses EXCEPT for World Campus):

• Vendor ID: 24600037609
• Email: ovp@psu.edu
• Address: 108 Shields Bldg, University Park, PA 16802-1201

Penn State World Campus (ONLY)

• Vendor ID: 24600037604
• Email: militarybenefits@worldcampus.psu.edu
• Address: 121 Outreach Bldg, University Park, PA 16802-7012

Issuing Purchase Orders for Books:

ALL Penn State campuses (with the exception of Penn State World Campus) have bookstores overseen by Barnes & Noble.  Please see the following instructions for issuing a purchase order for books to these stores

1. The purchase order (Authorization) must be created through Tungsten Network 
2. The Service Provider should be Barnes & Noble Education. It must be for Barnes and Noble and NOT the university. It must be payable to:  
   • Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, LLC. 
     Attn: Accounts Receivable Department PO Box 823660 
     Philadelphia, PA 19182 
3. The Service Provider Email should be the store’s email address SMXXXX@bncollege.com (see the list of store emails below). Please note the Tungsten system may auto-populate a store email that is invalid. Please verify and update if needed before submitting. Should you require assistance changing the auto-populated email please contact Pamela.Salazar@va.gov 
4. The Federal tax ID #: Barnes & Noble Education -FED TAX ID-46-0599018
5. Penn State bookstores do not provide a facility code. If you have questions, please contact VBACO@va.gov  
6. Once the purchase order (authorization) is created a file is sent over to the bookstore within the hour. Once the file is received, it should start to load in the system within one to two hours.
7. Please provide your VR&E students with a copy of the Barnes & Noble purchase order so they may provide it to the store manager to purchase their books. The authorizations are received in such a way that students cannot be identified by name without having their purchase order and authorization number.
8. Please know that there is a $2000 default cap on book costs and a $50 default cap on supplies. This impacts most students when a single Purchase Order has been issued for multiple semesters. If you would like your VR&E student to receive additional funds for either expense, you must list a specific total on the purchase order.  If the cap has already been met, the order cannot be processed without further documentation from you.

*Please note - Students can order books online via the Penn State Bookstore by selecting “SFA” at checkout and filling in their authorization number.

Penn State Book Stores Email listing.

All Penn State Book Store email listings are addressed by "sm123@bncollege.com" (E.g., Penn State Lehigh Valley = sm436@bncollege.com).

Penn State Campus Facility Codes