Re-bid your couriers on data — and we run the whole process.
Today you negotiate per courier, per location, in email threads. RFP Support runs competitive bids against normalized, validated route data — so couriers bid on what the work actually is, not what they tell you it is. And we do the work: we write the package, manage the pool, and validate every bid.
RFP Support is Ship Steward’s managed courier-RFP service — a four-stage workflow run on normalized route data, where we write the RFP package from your audit data, invite and manage the courier pool, validate every bid apples-to-apples, and support the award and transition.
Why do courier RFPs leave savings on the table?
Because they’re run by email, on the courier’s numbers, against the routes you already have.
Bids on the Story
With no shared data to anchor to, couriers compete on relationship and narrative, not on the work.
No Common Rate Card
Every bidder formats pricing differently — comparing them apples-to-apples is a manual, error-prone slog.
Email-Driven Chaos
NDAs, questions, pricing, awards — juggled over email with no status, no deadlines, no audit trail.
Re-Bidding the Wrong Routes
You bid out the routes you run today — not the optimized routes you could run, where the real savings live.
How does a managed courier RFP work?
Four stages, run by Ship Steward on normalized data — with couriers competing on the same validated route package.
Invite & NDA
Courier profile capture, NDA e-sign, and vetted access from a pre-qualified Trusted Courier Network.
High-Level Pricing
Round-one pricing against a normalized route-data package — no courier-defined distortions, every bid comparable.
Deep-Dive
Per-route, per-facility rate sheets with full SLAs — couriers price the work as it actually runs, on an interactive route map.
Award
Side-by-side bid comparison, signed contract, go-live transition, and a scorecard baseline for the new courier.
We run it — you decide
RFP Support is a service, not a self-serve portal you operate alone.
The 29% / 40% figures are demonstrated optimization potential from Ship Steward’s route solver, not a guaranteed RFP outcome. Rate gaps are quantified per site during the audit; awarded savings depend on the competitive field.
Questions buyers ask
Is RFP Support a tool we run, or do you run it for us?
We run it. Ship Steward writes the RFP package from your audit data, invites and manages the courier pool, validates every bid for apples-to-apples comparison, supports the award decision, and manages the 30-60-90 transition to the new courier.
What stops couriers from gaming the bid with their own numbers?
The bid runs on a normalized route-data package built from your audited data — not courier-defined distortions. Every courier prices the same validated routes, and your private columns (charges, drivers, invoice dates) stay hidden from their view.
Do we have to re-bid everything at once?
No. RFP Support targets the sites where the audit found the largest rate gaps. You re-bid from a position of strength, on optimized routes, when and where it pays — not on a forced schedule.
Run your next courier bid on data.
See RFP Support manage a real re-bid — invite through award — on normalized, optimized routes that put you in control of the number.
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