evaluate_bids
Evaluate carrier bids on freight lanes by scoring cost, reliability, and coverage. Award each lane to the most credible carrier while flagging low-ball bids.
Instructions
Evaluate carrier BIDS on a freight tender and pick the best award per lane. Pass your lanes (with annual volumes) and the bids each carrier submitted (carrier + all-in rate, optionally transit/sailings/free-days). For each lane it scores every bid on COST + RELIABILITY (the carrier's expected on-time performance from iter8 carrier matching) + COVERAGE (does it actually serve the corridor), DETECTS LOW-BALLS — a bid implausibly under the lane's modeled market band, the kind that gets rolled or surcharged back up and won't hold — by scoring them DOWN on credibility, and picks the best CREDIBLE award per lane. At the network level it shows the awarded annual cost vs the naive-cheapest cost (the cost of choosing credible over chasing a low-ball) and how many low-balls it flagged. Honest (regla 7): a modeled decision aid, not a procurement decision — verify rates & service commitments contractually. PREMIUM: pay per call with x402 (USDC on Base) or a prepaid key.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| lanes | Yes | Lanes with bids. Each: { origin_port, dest_port, annual_volume, container_type?, bids: [ { carrier, rate, transit_days?, sailings_per_week?, free_days? } ] }. | |
| priority | No | Scoring weighting: 'cost', 'reliability' or 'balanced' (default). |