Transport tenders for carriers

Which transports we put out to tender

A tender consists of one or more lots. You can bid on all of them or only on those that fit your fleet.

• Regular routes: recurring routes or areas with fixed operating days – more under regular routes for subcontractors
• On-call routes: an estimated volume per week or month without a fixed timetable
• One-off transports: full loads, special runs and transports with particular requirements

What a tender contains

You can only price what you know. That is why every tender carries the same information.

• Route or area, stops and time windows
• Vehicle class and equipment, for example a tail lift
• Price unit: per route, day rate, per hour, per kilometre or per month
• Toll and fuel: included in the price or extra
• Duration, payment term, billing method and bid deadline
• Documents as PDF, such as a specification

How to submit a bid

Registered fleets find tenders in their fleet workspace. Carriers without an account receive a link by email and reply without signing in.

• Read the lots and conditions, open the documents
• Ask questions directly in the tender
• Enter a price per lot and submit your bid
• Respond to a counter-offer if we send one

Award and start of the route

After the bid deadline we compare the bids and award each lot separately. Besides price, a suitable vehicle, reliability on previous jobs and availability on the start date count. You are told either way whether you won. You then receive the transport order with price, stops and dates.

Transport tenders in NRW and across Germany

The focus is North Rhine-Westphalia around Cologne, Düsseldorf and the Ruhr area; full loads are tendered across Germany as well. Public-sector tenders are not listed here; those are published on the federal and state procurement portals.