Bid on Many Lanes by CSV

Where to find it: Dashboard → Management → RFP → [RFP] → Lanes To bid on many lanes at once, download the RFP’s CSV template, fill in your prices, and upload it. To bid on one lane at a time, see Submit a Bid.

An upload replaces your bids. When you upload a CSV, Owlery deletes all your existing bids on this RFP that haven’t been awarded, then submits the bids in the file. Include every lane you want to keep a bid on.

Upload Your Bids

Download the Template

On the RFP’s Lanes tab, click Download CSV Template. A download window opens.If the RFP has lanes with 3 or more stops, tick Include accessorial charge columns in the window to price stops separately. Then click Download CSV Template in the window to get the file.

Fill In Your Bids

The file has one row per lane you can still bid on, and one row per bid you’ve already placed. Fill in the columns below.Leave the lane columns as they are. Owlery uses them to match each row to its lane.

Upload the File

Save as CSV, click Upload CSV Bids, and choose the file.

Review the Preview

The preview shows how many rows are Ready, how many have Errors, and how many are Unmatched.

Click Proceed with Upload

Owlery submits the ready rows. Rows with errors and rows that don’t match a lane are skipped.

Columns You Fill In

Column	Required?	What to enter
Current Bid	Yes, unless you use Current Bid / mi	Your total price for the lane, such as `6100` or `$6,100`
Current Bid / mi (or km)	Yes, unless you use Current Bid	Your rate per mile. Only works on lanes with a total distance.
Currency	No	`USD`, `CAD`, `EUR`, or `MXN`. Blank means `USD`.
Use Shipper Fuel Schedule	Yes, if the RFP has a fuel schedule	`Yes` or `No`. If `Yes`, Current Bid is your base rate without fuel. See Using the Shipper’s Fuel Schedule.
Stop Transit Min Hours N / Stop Transit Max Hours N	No	Transit hours for the leg ending at stop N, starting at stop 2. Fill in one and Owlery copies it to the other.
Stop Charge N	No	Charge for stop N, starting at stop 3. Only in the template if you ticked Include accessorial charge columns.

Fill in either Current Bid or Current Bid / mi, not both. If you fill in both, they must work out to the same total.

Columns to Leave Unchanged

Leave these as they came in the template:

Stop name, street, city, state, zip code, and country for each stop
Equipment, Mode, Shipment Mode, Team/Solo
Volume, Total Weight, Current Round, Total Distance

A row matches a lane only when its stops are the same and in the same order, and its equipment, mode, shipment mode, and team/solo all match.

Sample Row

A 2-stop lane, with some columns left out:

Stop City 1,Stop State 1,Stop City 2,Stop State 2,Stop Transit Min Hours 2,Stop Transit Max Hours 2,Equipment,Mode,Total Distance (mi),Current Bid,Current Bid / mi,Currency,Use Shipper Fuel Schedule
Chicago,IL,Atlanta,GA,12,14,Dry Van,FTL,716,1850,,USD,Yes

Error Messages

Message	What it means	What to do
Enter either Current Bid or Current Bid / mi or km	The row has no price	Fill in one of the two bid columns
Current Bid (…) does not match Current Bid / mi (…)	Both bid columns are filled and don’t work out to the same total	Clear one of them
Current Bid / mi requires a total distance for this lane	The lane has no distance to multiply by	Use Current Bid instead
Invalid currency code	Currency isn’t a supported value	Use `USD`, `CAD`, `EUR`, or `MXN`, or leave it blank
Missing mandatory columns: Use Shipper Fuel Schedule	The RFP has a fuel schedule and the column was removed	Download a fresh template
Missing lane matching columns	Stop or lane columns were removed from the file	Download a fresh template and keep all its columns
[Column] is required to match the bid to the correct lane	A lane column such as Equipment or Mode is blank	Restore the value from the template
Unmatched records	A row’s stops, equipment, or mode don’t match any lane	Compare the row to the template and undo any changes
Cannot bid on awarded lane	That lane is already awarded to you	Remove the row
Transit min hours cannot be greater than max hours	The min is larger than the max	Swap the values, or enter only one

Still stuck? Email support@owlery.ai or contact the shipper running the RFP.

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Upload Your Bids

Columns You Fill In

Columns to Leave Unchanged

Sample Row

Error Messages