GroundCheck is the diligence and legal-defense layer freight brokers and their insurers run before every tender — and reach for when a carrier selection is questioned in court.
After Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, an undocumented carrier decision is the plaintiff’s exhibit. The exposure is legal and financial — and it lands on the broker and their insurer.
Not just an FMCSA lookup, and not just compliance software. GroundCheck records why you chose a carrier, when, and on what basis — the documented judgment a serious buyer can stand behind later.
Every carrier gets a confidence value computed from verified inputs, and every point is traceable to a factor you can inspect. A number with no reasoning behind it isn’t a score we’ll show you.
See a sample scoreShares address + registered officer with MC-04··, revoked 2024.
Phone number reused across 3 active authorities.
Operating authority active 71 days.
Reincarnated carriers, shared identities, address reuse with defunct MCs. Each flag is named, ranked by severity, and tied to the specific evidence that triggered it — never a vague “risk detected.”
Identity, authority and insurance at the moment of tender, the signals present, the decision, who made it, and a cryptographic seal — exportable as a single exhibit your counsel can produce.
See a sample audit packetA carrier that cleared today can degrade next month. GroundCheck watches the signals and appends every material change to the record — so the file is current when it matters most.
A defensible selection record shows a reasonable process was followed, by a named person, at the moment of tender — and that material changes were tracked afterward.
Read the Montgomery briefCarrier authority, insurance and operating history confirmed at tender.
Signals surfaced and weighed, each tied to named evidence.
The reviewer, the reasoning, and the timestamp — sealed.
Material changes appended; the record stays current to the load.
“It’s the first tool that treats the decision as the thing worth documenting — not just the carrier. That’s exactly what survives cross-examination.”
Primary-source data, a tamper-evident chain of custody, and controls your security and claims teams can sign off on.
Independently audited controls for security and availability.
Every selection record is cryptographically sealed and timestamped.
FMCSA authority, insurance & safety data, plus verified insurer feeds.
Embed vetting at tender and write the record straight to your system.
Start a pilot on your own book. We’ll stand up GroundCheck against your recent tenders and show you the record it would have produced — usually within the week.