Built for shippers, not brokers

Freight RFQ Software for Food & Cold Chain Shippers

Still emailing freight brokers one at a time?

Blast RFQs to your entire broker panel. Compare quotes in one place with FreightBid. Save money and get your time back.

Built for reefer and refrigerated freight procurement teams managing competitive bids across multiple broker relationships.

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3 RFQs free — no credit card required

Upload Batch RFQ — 3 Lanes CSV Import
CSV batch_rfq_coldchain.csv
Origin → Dest Cargo Temp Weight
Chicago → Miami Frozen Beef -10°F 42,000 lb
Dallas → LA Frozen Veg 0°F 38,500 lb
Atlanta → Seattle Frozen Food -5°F 40,000 lb
Broadcasting RFQ 3 Brokers
AF
Acme Freight
3 lanes · acmefreight.com
Sending…
PL
Pioneer Logistics
3 lanes · pioneerlogistics.com
Sending…
SC
Summit Carriers
3 lanes · summitcarriers.com
Sending…
3 RFQs sent — brokers have 24h to respond. You'll be notified as quotes arrive.
Quotes Arriving 0 / 9 quotes
Lane Acme Freight Pioneer Summit
CHI → MIA
DAL → LA
ATL → SEA
Batch RFQ — 3 Lanes ✓ Portfolio Pricing
Lane Acme Freight
-5% PORTFOLIO
Pioneer Summit
CHI → MIA $3,135 $3,210 $3,080
DAL → LA $2,565 $2,540 $2,640
ATL → SEA $3,230 $3,360 $3,200
Portfolio Total $8,930 ✓after 5% portfolio off$9,400 list $9,110 $8,920
Portfolio discount saves $470 vs. list — or cherry-pick best-lane for $8,820

Uploading 3 lanes…

Send your first RFQ in under 5 minutes

1. Add your brokers 2. Describe your shipment 3. Broadcast to your panel 4. Compare quotes & award

No setup. No training. Add your brokers, describe your shipment, broadcast — done.

Stop copy-pasting the same quote request to five brokers. Stop keying lanes by hand from 40-page government solicitations. Stop chasing pricing in email threads. FreightBid replaces the entire workflow — from solicitation to award — in one platform. Built for Shippers, not Brokers.

Everything you need, nothing you don't.

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Create RFQs in seconds

Single or batch RFQs with equipment type, lane details, and delivery windows. Save templates to reuse lanes and settings — next time takes 90 seconds. Broadcast to your broker network — they bid through a secure portal, no login required.

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Upload solicitations, skip the data entry

Drop a government bid solicitation PDF and FreightBid extracts lanes, dates, and requirements automatically. Hours of manual input reduced to seconds.

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Get rates before you commit

Create a workspace to collect broker pricing while you're still bidding on the contract. Compare rates across lanes and brokers before the award decision is made.

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Beautiful PDF reports, ready to share

Procurement Summary, Broker Performance, Destination Analysis, and Seasonality & Trends — each a branded PDF with real data, filtered by your date range. One click from the Analytics tab.

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RFQ Templates

Save any RFQ as a reusable template. Clone lanes, equipment types, and broker panels in one click. Weekly shipments? Set it up once — reuse forever.

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Award & Notify

Award the winning broker and notify all parties in one click. Not satisfied with pricing? Challenge bids to drive costs down before committing. Full audit trail from first quote to final award.

From PDF to workspace in seconds.

Drop a government solicitation. We handle the rest.

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Drop Your PDF

Upload any USDA or government bid solicitation. We detect the format automatically.

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Lanes Extracted

Origins, destinations, equipment types, dates, and requirements — parsed and ready to review.

Workspace Populated

One click creates a full bid workspace with all lanes loaded. Start collecting broker rates immediately.

How It Works

1

Upload or Create

Upload a solicitation PDF or create RFQs manually. Populate a workspace in one click.

2

Brokers Bid

Broadcast to brokers via magic link. They submit pricing through a secure portal — no account needed.

3

Compare, Award, Track

Side-by-side bid comparison. Award winners, convert to active loads, and track costs in analytics.

Why food shippers switch from email to FreightBid

The average shipper who switches reduces quote turnaround from 4–6 hours to under 30 minutes — while getting more competitive rates through broker competition.

WITHOUT FREIGHTBID
  • Email Broker #1 with shipment details
  • Repeat for Brokers #2, 3, 4, 5
  • Wait 2–6 hours for quotes to trickle in
  • Copy quotes into a spreadsheet manually
  • Chase down late responders by phone
  • Email winner, manually notify the rest
  • Start from scratch next week
WITH FREIGHTBID
  • ✔️ Select a saved shipment template
  • ✔️ Broadcast to your entire broker panel in one click
  • ✔️ Quotes arrive in a single view in minutes
  • ✔️ Auto-ranked by price — no spreadsheet needed
  • ✔️ Auto-reminders sent to non-responders
  • ✔️ Award winner, notify all parties in one click
  • ✔️ Templates saved — next week takes 90 seconds

Simple pricing. No surprises.

Start free. Upgrade when you're ready for unlimited.

Free
$0/mo

Try it out. No credit card required.

  • 3 RFQs included
  • 1 workspace
  • 1 solicitation upload
  • Quote comparison
  • Email notifications
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Your cargo is specialized.

Your quoting tool should be too.

FreightBid — Built for Shippers, not Brokers.

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