What's inside
- Authority to request and receive LTL rate quotations, tariff information, and pricing proposals
- Authority to submit the shipper's historical shipment data for an RFP or a rate benchmarking analysis
- Authority to negotiate discounts, accessorial pricing, fuel surcharge tables, and other pricing terms, subject to the shipper's final written approval
- Authority to receive carrier performance data, scorecards, and claims history for the shipper's account
- A clause stating the representative cannot execute a binding contract for the shipper
- An end date, and the right to revoke the letter in writing
- A signature block, and a short note explaining why the example is scoped this way
How to use it
- Replace the sample shipper, representative, signer, and dates with your own.
- Keep or narrow the four listed purposes to match what you actually want the representative to do.
- Keep the limit on signing authority unless you intend otherwise.
- Set an expiration date.
- Have your own counsel review it, sign it, and send it to the carriers involved.
Note: This is a sample for illustration and is not a legal document. Adapt it with your own counsel before use.