> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.owlery.ai/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Submit an RFP Bid > Enter your price on an RFP lane, choose whether to use the shipper's fuel schedule, and price extra stops. This page is for **Carriers & Brokers**. A shipper's carriers and brokers use Owlery the same way, so this page applies to both. If the person you're helping isn't a carrier or broker, this page doesn't apply to them. **Where to find it:** `Dashboard → Management → RFP → [RFP] → [lane]` Open a lane to see its details, then enter your price at the bottom of the panel and click **Submit Bid**. To bid on many lanes at once, see [Bid by CSV](/carriers/rfps/bid-by-csv.md). ## What You See About the Lane * Mode, shipment mode, equipment, and team or solo * Volume, weight, and total distance * The stops in order, with the distance between them * The contract's effective dates, the current round, and the submission deadline * The shipper's target rate, if they entered one. Bids that meet it show a green check. ## Enter Your Bid **1. Choose Whether to Use the Fuel Schedule** If the RFP has a fuel schedule, decide whether your price includes fuel. See [Using the Shipper's Fuel Schedule](#using-the-shippers-fuel-schedule) below. **2. Enter Your Price** Enter your price as a **Total** or as **Price / mi** (or km). Fill in either one and Owlery calculates the other. **3. Add Transit Times (Optional)** Enter the transit time for each leg under **Transit Time Per Stop**. You can switch between days and hours. Add a max only if the time may vary. **4. Click Submit Bid** Your bid appears in the table at the top of the panel, with the date and who submitted it. ## Changing a Bid You can submit more than one bid on the same lane in a round. Each one is kept, and the shipper sees all of them. To withdraw a bid, open the menu on its row and choose **Delete**. > [!WARNING] > > **Delete** removes the bid right away. There is no confirmation step. Once a bid from your team is awarded on a lane, you can't submit more bids on that lane. ## Using the Shipper's Fuel Schedule If the shipper linked a fuel schedule, you choose whether your price includes fuel. The toggle **We agree to use the shipper's fuel schedule** is on by default. | Toggle | What to enter as your price | What the shipper sees | | - | - | - | | On | Your base rate, **without** fuel | Your base rate plus a fuel surcharge from their schedule | | Off | An all-in rate that includes fuel | Your price as entered | Click **Show** next to the toggle to view the schedule. You can also open it from the RFP's **Fuel Schedule** tab. If you don't see the toggle, the shipper hasn't linked a fuel schedule, and your price is treated as all-in. This is true even if their documents describe a fuel schedule. Ask the shipper to link it if you want to bid a base rate plus fuel. ### How the Surcharge Is Estimated Owlery looks up the current U.S. on-highway diesel price published by the [U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)](https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/gasdiesel/). It then finds the matching row in the shipper's schedule. That row gives either a percentage of your line haul or a rate per mile. Diesel prices change every week, so the surcharge shown is an estimate at this week's price. Hover over the fuel amount next to a bid to see how it was calculated. * **Percentage schedule**: your base rate is \$2,000 and diesel falls in the 12% row. The surcharge is \$240, so the shipper sees \$2,240. * **Per-mile schedule**: the lane is 500 miles and diesel falls in the \$0.45/mi row. The surcharge is \$225 on top of your base rate. ## Pricing by Stop on Multi-Stop Lanes On lanes with 3 or more stops, you can split your price into a line haul plus a charge for each stop after the first two. Turn on **Price by accessorials** above the price field. * **Line haul**: your rate for the move. Enter it as a total or per mile. * **Stop Charge 3, Stop Charge 4, …**: a charge for each stop from stop 3 on. Stops are numbered in lane order, and the line haul covers stops 1 and 2. Stop 3 gets a charge whether it's a pickup or a drop. Leave a charge blank or at 0 if you don't charge for that stop. * **Total bid**: line haul plus all stop charges. This is the price the shipper compares. For example, a 4-stop lane with a \$1,800 line haul, \$75 for stop 3, and \$75 for stop 4 makes a \$1,950 total bid. If you also use the shipper's fuel schedule, the fuel surcharge is estimated on the line haul only. ## Error Messages | Message | What it means | What to do | | - | - | - | | A carrier profile is required before bids can be submitted. | Your company hasn't finished signing up for Owlery | Sign up from the shipper's invite email. See [If You Don't Have an Owlery Account Yet](/carriers/rfps/overview.md#if-you-dont-have-an-owlery-account-yet). | | This lane does not have an active bidding round. | The shipper hasn't opened a round for you on this lane | Contact the shipper | | The submission deadline has passed for this bidding round. | The round's deadline is over | Ask the shipper whether they'll extend it | | This bidding round is closed and is not accepting bids. | The round ended, or you weren't moved to the next round | Contact the shipper | | A bid from your team has already been accepted for this lane. | You've been awarded this lane | Click **View bid** to see the awarded bid | | Price is required / Line haul is required | The price field is empty | Enter a total or per-mile price | | Current Round is not active to receive proposals | The round closed while you were bidding | Refresh the page to check the round's status | For errors during a CSV upload, see [Bid by CSV](/carriers/rfps/bid-by-csv.md#error-messages). *** Still stuck? Email [support@owlery.ai](mailto:support@owlery.ai) or contact the shipper running the RFP. This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.