Receiving FAQs

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Attn to: [Insert Your Name]
One Cyclotron Road
[Insert Your Mailstop, e.g. 69-100]
Berkeley, CA 94720 

Go to Trackit.lbl.gov.  Provide the following information such as, carrier tracking number, purchase order or P-card number, vendor name, your name to complete this request.

Again, the same information is needed to complete this request and locate your package or material in the system. The Receiving’s internal tracking system (I-Box) scans the barcodes generated by FED-X, UPS, DHL, and feeds that information to Trackit. An email notification will be sent to you alerting package has been delivered to your mailstop location.

All research begins with information given by the requester about their shipment to determine if the package has been received and where it is in the Receiving/ Transportation process. Most packages and material are delivered within one business day.

Yes, you may pick up your package after it is processed, and in fact, the fastest way. Hazardous material shipments may only be picked up if the employee is certified and trained to handle and transport, (See EH&S Chemical Hygiene Section under Material of Trades section for information regarding the handling and transporting of Hazardous Material).

(Call (EXT 4935) or email receiving at receiving@lbl.gov to make arrangements for picking up your material at Central Receiving located at building 69.

Many times, packages are received without the proper information to process and deliver the material to the correct recipient and location. Packages are placed in research, where they undergo the process of identifying the needed information, such as recipient name, purchase order or Procard number.

Receiving inspects packages for damages to file exceptions when damages are apparent. Shipments are scanned and recorded as received following Procurement, Property Management, and Accounts Payable procedures. Receiving facilitates the activity or material into LBNL and records acceptance according to DOE and Procurement/ Accounts Payable and Property Management’s approved practices.

Receiving will open packages when the material is not identified as an EBUY item and can’t be identified using the packing list. Packages and material must be opened when the packing lists are not visible on the exterior of the package, as well as when items are identified as sensitive property and require DOE tagging.