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📋 Carrier Vetting Checklist

This Carrier Vetting Checklist is an informational and organizational aid only. It does not provide legal, financial, insurance, or regulatory-compliance advice, and it is not a substitute for your own due diligence or review by a qualified professional. It does not verify, certify, approve, or guarantee any carrier's safety, authority, insurance validity, or fitness, and it does not prevent fraud or double-brokering. References to FMCSA SAFER and other public records are pointers to help you review official sources yourself; QuicklyFig is not affiliated with or endorsed by FMCSA. Always confirm carrier status directly with official FMCSA systems and follow your own company's compliance process before tendering a load.

📋 Work the checklist

Tick each item you have completed for this carrier. Your selections stay in your browser — nothing is saved, sent, or submitted. The readiness band below reflects only how complete your own documentation is.

① Authority & Registration
② Insurance & Safety
③ Identity & Fraud Awareness
Documentation Readiness
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Items Complete
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Completeness
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How to use the carrier vetting checklist

Vetting a carrier before you tender a load is part documentation, part judgment. This checklist organizes the items most brokers want on file — authority and registration, insurance and safety, and identity and fraud-awareness — so you can see at a glance how complete your review is before you commit. It is an organizational aid only: it records what you have done, it does not verify, certify, approve, or guarantee anything about the carrier.

Work top to bottom and tick only the items you have actually completed. The readiness band is a simple completeness measure — the share of items you marked done — computed entirely in your browser. It reflects your paperwork, not the carrier's real-world conduct, safety, or fitness.

What the readiness bands mean

  • LOW risk — Well documented (80–100%): Most items recorded. Keep the file and re-check status periodically.
  • MODERATE risk — Gaps to close (50–79%): Useful progress, but open items remain. Close them before tendering.
  • HIGH risk — Significant gaps (0–49%): Key items are missing. Complete your review and confirm status with official FMCSA systems first.

Use the result to decide what still needs documenting — not as a verdict on the carrier. Always confirm authority and insurance directly with official sources, and follow your own company's compliance process before you cover a load.

Official sources to review yourself

  • FMCSA SAFER / Company Snapshot — authority, operating status, and basic safety data.
  • FMCSA Licensing & Insurance (L&I) — insurance on file and authority history.
  • FMCSA Safety Measurement System (SMS) — inspection and safety performance data.
  • FMCSA National Consumer Complaint Database — complaint history.

These are public references you review yourself; this tool does not pull or integrate any of them, and QuicklyFig is not affiliated with or endorsed by FMCSA.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does the Carrier Vetting Checklist do?
It is an organizational aid that walks a freight broker through common carrier vetting steps — authority and registration, insurance and safety, and identity and fraud-awareness — and turns the items you mark complete into a documentation-completeness readiness band. It does not verify, certify, or approve any carrier, and it is not legal or compliance advice.
How is the readiness band calculated?
The band reflects only how many checklist items you ticked as complete, computed entirely in your browser. 80–100% complete shows as LOW risk (well documented), 50–79% as MODERATE, and 0–49% as HIGH. It measures your documentation completeness, not the carrier's actual conduct, status, or fitness.
Does a LOW risk band mean the carrier is safe or approved?
No. A LOW band only means you have recorded the listed items; it does not verify, certify, approve, or guarantee any carrier's safety, authority, insurance, or fitness, and it does not prevent fraud or double-brokering. Always confirm status directly with official FMCSA systems and follow your own compliance process.
Does this tool pull live FMCSA records?
No. Nothing is fetched, stored, or submitted. You review official sources such as FMCSA SAFER yourself and tick the items you have completed. The checklist runs entirely in your browser with no account and no data collection.

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This Carrier Vetting Checklist is an informational and organizational aid only. It does not provide legal, financial, insurance, or regulatory-compliance advice, and it is not a substitute for your own due diligence or review by a qualified professional. It does not verify, certify, approve, or guarantee any carrier's safety, authority, insurance validity, or fitness, and it does not prevent fraud or double-brokering. References to FMCSA SAFER and other public records are pointers to help you review official sources yourself; QuicklyFig is not affiliated with or endorsed by FMCSA. Always confirm carrier status directly with official FMCSA systems and follow your own company's compliance process before tendering a load.