VETGATE
Know the carrier before the truck moves.
VetGate screens every motor carrier against FMCSA authority and insurance, federal debarment and OFAC sanctions, then blocks dispatch to any carrier it can't clear. When the record doesn't hold up, the answer is no.
Built by a working freight brokerage, after an impostor-carrier incident.
Double-brokers and stolen-identity carriers sound legitimate on the phone. VetGate checks the record, not the story, and it was built by people who learned that the hard way.
What VetGate checks
Every carrier, every time, with the reasons shown. A check that can't run counts as a failure, not a pass.
Authority & insurance
Active FMCSA carrier authority and insurance on file, cross-checked against FMCSA's licensing and insurance data, refreshed daily. Coverage below your minimum stops the carrier.
Federal debarment
Every carrier is screened against the SAM.gov exclusions list. A debarred company is a hard stop.
OFAC sanctions
Screened against the Treasury OFAC sanctions list, refreshed daily. If the sanctions check didn't run, the carrier isn't cleared.
Safety record
Conditional or Unsatisfactory FMCSA safety ratings and acute or critical violations flag the carrier before you book it.
Identity & impostors
Carriers are matched on DOT number and legal name, so a look-alike docket can't pass as someone else. Changed payment instructions are held until confirmed.
Your Do-Not-Use list
A carrier you mark Do Not Use stays blocked. A later automatic re-check can't quietly clear it.
How it works
Screening, a human decision, and a gate on dispatch, in that order.
Send the carrier
From the VetGate console, from a load in the VetGate TMS, or with one API call and an MC number.
VetGate screens it
Every source is checked and every reason is shown. A person on your team approves; the system never approves a carrier on its own.
Dispatch is gated
A load can't go to a carrier that isn't cleared. Changing a gate takes two people, with an owner break-glass for emergencies.
Carriers stay watched
Scheduled re-checks, plus an automatic re-check when a carrier's insurance changes.
Evidence that holds up
Vetting evidence is sealed into a tamper-evident SHA-256 chain. When an auditor, insurer or claims adjuster asks what you knew and when, export the carrier's complete evidence bundle, verifier included.
The VetGate TMS
Vetting built into the load: loads and stops, rate confirmations, bills of lading, invoices and receivables, agent commissions, carrier paperwork, and LTL through a partner. A load can't move to a carrier the gate hasn't cleared.
One call, fail-closed
Send an MC number and get eligible: true or false, with the reasons and a decision id.
Unknown carriers, hard stops and an outage all return false. API details →
POST /v1/eligibility {"mc_number": "123456"}
Simple pricing
Priced by how many carriers VetGate watches for you, not by seat. Every plan includes fail-closed screening, federal debarment and sanctions checks, and an evidence record on every decision.
Founders offer · first 10 brokers
Monitor for $2,500 for your first year, about 40% off. In return: a short case study and a monthly feedback call.
Check
- 100 carrier checks a month, in the console or by API
- $1.50 per additional check
- Authority, insurance, debarment, OFAC, safety and identity screening
- Reasons and an evidence record on every decision
Monitor
- Everything in Check
- 150 carriers watched continuously, $1.50 per extra carrier
- Scheduled re-checks and re-check on insurance change
- Dispatch gates with two-person control
- Carrier document intake and approvals
- Evidence bundle export for audits and claims
Ops
- Everything in Monitor
- TMS: loads, rate cons, BOLs, invoices, commissions, carrier paperwork
- LTL through a partner
- 3 users included, $59 per extra user
Enterprise
- Custom vetting policy and insurance minimums
- Multiple companies and offices
- Audit and evidence packages
- A direct line to the owner
For prime contractors and government programs
Mercy Raine LLC is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business. Spend with VetGate may count toward a prime contractor's small-business subcontracting goals. Federal deployments, including government-hosted options, are scoped and priced per program.
Pricing & sales · 24/7
Call or email John Gladmon any time, day or night. Ask us to vet your last 10 carriers live while you watch.