Benchmark
Understand your current freight spend and establish a meaningful baseline.
INDEPENDENT FREIGHT TENDERING
Make freight providers compete for your business.
We help New Zealand businesses benchmark freight costs, run competitive tenders and compare the real-world options — so you can make a better-informed freight decision.
Independent advice. Data-led analysis. You make the final decision.
THE BUSINESS CASE
The hidden cost of staying with the status quo
Doing nothing is also a decision — and it can be an expensive one.
CURRENT RATES
→
ANNUAL INCREASES
→
RATE DRIFT
→
HIGHER SPEND
A tender gives you a current view of what the market is prepared to offer.
A tender puts the market — not inertia — back in control of your freight rates.
THE OBJECTIVE
Lower cost
without compromising the service, capability and support your freight operation actually needs.
THE METHOD
Use your own shipment history to create a genuine like-for-like comparison.
50+years of freight industry experience
6–8weeks for a typical tender process
4–6carefully selected forwarders is usually enough
20.3%historical average first-year saving*
*Historical figure from previous NZ Freight Tenders work; individual results vary and this is not a current-market guarantee.
THE PROBLEM
Do you know what your freight should really cost?
Freight pricing is complicated. Different providers structure rates, surcharges, service levels and networks differently. A lower quoted rate does not necessarily mean a lower total cost — and a familiar provider is not necessarily your most competitive option.
We take your actual shipment history and use it to compare what the same freight would have cost under competing proposals.
The result is evidence you can use — not a pile of rate sheets.
WHAT WE DO
A freight tender built around your business.
From preparation through to final comparison, we manage the detail so you can focus on the decision.
Tender
Build a clear tender package and invite appropriately matched freight providers.
Analyse
Run the submissions against your real shipment history for a like-for-like comparison.
Decide
Compare cost, service and capability before choosing the path that works for you.
Sometimes the best result is staying with your existing freight provider.
A competitive tender gives you evidence. If your existing provider is competitive, you have confirmed it. If it isn't, you have a basis for change.
INDEPENDENT BY DESIGN
We don't sell freight. We help you buy it.
Our role is to understand your requirements, identify suitable providers, test the market and make the numbers understandable.
We can discuss the merits of each submission, but the final decision remains yours.
Why independence matters →WHO WE HELP
For businesses where freight spend matters.
Importers
Benchmark the cost of bringing products into New Zealand.
Exporters
Test international freight options across key lanes and services.
Manufacturers & distributors
Analyse complex freight requirements across multiple routes.
Growing businesses
Make sure freight costs don't quietly erode margins as volumes grow.
READY TO FIND OUT?
Think your freight costs could be lower?
A confidential conversation is a good place to start.