Marketplace

# Bid on a tender

Offer your price for a tender on the marketplace, or respond to a freight exchange posting on its own board.

Updated October 5, 2026

**Who can do this:** The Marketplace feature on your platform.

As a carrier you win work by bidding on tenders. How you bid depends on where the tender comes from: tenders on Transportial get a bid directly in the app, and postings imported from a freight exchange are answered on that exchange.

## Place a bid

1. Open the **Marketplace** tab on the dashboard.
2. Click the tender to open its **Overview**, and check the lane, time windows, load and **Client Budget**.
3. Click **Place bid**. It appears on open tenders of other companies. You can also choose **Place bid** in the tender's row actions.
4. Choose the **Administration** you bid from.
5. Enter your price in **Amount** and choose the currency.
6. Add **Remarks**, for example the equipment you would use or when you can load.
7. Click **Send**. It is only enabled once you enter an amount.

Your bid is sent with the status **Offered**. It appears on the tender's **Bids** tab, and the bid count on the tender goes up. If yours is the cheapest, it becomes the tender's **Lowest Bid**.

## Respond to a freight exchange posting

Tenders whose **Source** is a freight exchange were imported from that board. You answer them on the board itself.

1. Open the tender.
2. Click **Open on** followed by the board name, for example **Open on Timocom**.
3. Log in to the exchange if asked.
4. Contact the shipper or place your bid on the exchange.

Not every exchange publishes a link to its postings. When there is none, the **Open on** button is not shown.

## Follow up on your bid

* **Accepted**: you won the work. The shipper plans it; you receive the booking through your agreed channel.
* **Not chosen**: another bid was accepted.
* **Declined**: your bid was declined. If the shipper countered, a new bid with their price appears in the list.

## Find loads to bid on

* Filter the marketplace list on lane dates, target price and source. See [The marketplace](/en-us/help/marketplace-overview).
* Search the exchanges live and import interesting postings. See [Search the freight exchanges](/en-us/help/search-freight-exchanges).
* Look for loads on the way back from a trip. See [Return loads](/en-us/help/return-loads).

## Related articles

* [The marketplace](/en-us/help/marketplace-overview)
* [Search the freight exchanges](/en-us/help/search-freight-exchanges)
* [Review and accept bids](/en-us/help/review-and-accept-bids)
* [Return loads](/en-us/help/return-loads)

## Still need help?

Our support team is happy to answer any question about Transportial.

[Contact support](/en-us/contact)[Report an issue](/en-us/report-issue)

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Canonical page: https://transportial.com/en-us/help/bid-on-a-tender