Veteran owned company/DoD loads

You will need a B&D number in addition to your other information (Conway Arkansas is the main Issuer of B&D) that ties into your ability to do any business with Government.

You can probably bill Dear Uncle Sam 5.00 a mile on DOD loads and get away with it. I don't know.

I have hauled quite a few of them in about the mid 90's one summer on the run up to a potential Korean War with war material going to the ports. Dear Leader had a heart attack and that's the end of it for me. I think my company averaged 2.50 a mile and higher on those. (I eyeballed the rate information in a secure printer room that I got thrown out of one night. No one tells drivers anything about that sort of stuff... and here we are at .30 a mile...)

 

What is a b & d number?

 

I would say there is no advantage other than a selling point.

 

aka duns number, required to do business with any Government Entity.

https://www.dnb.com/duns-number/duns-number-and-government.html

 

Get online with FedBizOpps | FLETC. Set up an account and see what ya can find.

Alot of contracts are "lowest bidder". So give it a shot and see what else you can get into. The government has lots to.move.

Get alot of coffee with a computer, printer and scanner. You will be filling out paperwork for days. But once your set up. You can play with the big boys.

 

Ok, what you meant to say is D&B number....... why do you say Conway gives them out?
I got mine right thru Dun’s. Don’t have a clue what Conway has to do with it.

 

Conway Arkansas is one of the places that does business specifically about these numbers. I am sorry for the confusion.

I wish you prosperity in whatever you do.