Looking for Flatbed Carriers

Hi, this is C&C Solutions (LLC formation planned for Jan 2027)

I am a 29 year old man who has been researching the freight industry.

I’m pleased to announce that I’m starting my freight brokerage business in 2027. C&C Solutions will be focused on flatbed deliveries into West Texas for steel, pipe, and other oil company needs.

I’d love to connect with your carrier and build rapport with you. I’d love to be the liaison between deliveries, and eventually dedicated lanes, and your company.

Please comment below if interested or if you have feedback.

I’m working on a name for my freight broker business in an undisclosed niche, but should my llc have the word freight in it? what if i name it something unrelated for example

_____ Solutions, LLC (name unrelated to freight)
Or
C&C Freight, LLC

Those are the 2 options. Does it matter?

Shepherd Solutions LLC -general consultant business

Transportation
Freight broker

LLC
EIN
Business bank account
USDOT
FMCSA MC#
FMCSA broker authority
BUSINESS PLAN
Milestones year 1-5
Build rapport- give equity share
BMC-84 Surety bond $75,000
Boc3
UCR
Insurance

Find load, find shipper for less than I’m getting paid on load, bid on load. Win load and take the profit. All from home. What should I add

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Is this a good business plan? (Experienced contractors only)

I posted yesterday and didn’t know what I was talking about. I did some research and made this business plan. Tell me if I need to change something or add something. Also someone yesterday told me to give up on this and do something simpler. I don’t want any negativity like that on the post or discouragement. Is this good ?

**Shepherd Solutions, LLC (not actual llc yet)**

Shepherd Solutions is a federal supply contractor that sources products from qualified distributors/manufacturers.

Start w $200-$300
Federal Government Prime contracting using subcontracted supply fulfillment

Starting with janitorial/facility supplies

GA LLC $110 ($60/yr)
NAICS (multiple naics numbers to identify what services or products I provide) (naics is provided when registered on Sam.gov) (also register on DLA for gov product contracts)
Business address, email, business phone number
Business bank account
EIN
Register on Sam.gov to get UEI/CAGE code (identifies business )
Build relationships with financier
Find supplier before bidding for pricing
Calculate bid profit after expenses (product, shipping, etc)
Submit bid as prime contractor
Win the contract
Confirm with supplier that all requirements can be done
Apply for PO financing (star funding inc)-"I won the government order and need money to buy/fulfill the products."
Provide financing with govcontract, supplier quote, llc, delivery requirements, profit margin
Financier evaluates contract, approves, then funds supplier
Supplier fulfills order

Gov receives products
Gov pays my LLC (30 days)
LLC pays financier
LLC keeps profit

Net 60 contracts with government and pay back in 60 days.

Gov pays my contract in 30 days.
Net 60- pay back supplier in 60 days.
I keep profit

**Find contract → Get supplier quote → Bid → WIN → PO financing → Supplier fulfills → Government accepts → Government pays → Repay financing → KEEP PROFIT**.

🏢 **SETUP**
**Georgia LLC:** Shepherd Solutions, LLC
**EIN:** Free
**Business bank account**
**Business email + phone**
**SAM.gov registration:** Free
**UEI + CAGE Code:** Obtained through federal registration
**NAICS codes:** Choose appropriate supply categories
**Capability statement:** Simple 1-page document
🔎 **FIND CONTRACTS**
Search **SAM.gov** for simple federal supply opportunities.
Focus on easy-to-source products: janitorial, office, safety, maintenance, and facility supplies.
Find a supplier **before bidding**.
Get pricing, availability, and confirmation they can meet the government's requirements.
💰 **FINANCING**
Calculate **product + shipping + financing + other costs + profit**.
Find a PO-financing company that will consider the government contract.
Give them the **government contract, supplier quote, delivery requirements, LLC information, and financial details**.
Get comfortable with the financing terms **before committing to the order**.
🏆 **WIN & FULFILL**
Submit the bid as **PRIME contractor**.
Win the contract.
Financing funds the approved fulfillment.
**Subcontractor/supplier provides and ships the products.**
Government receives and accepts the products.
Your LLC invoices the government.
💵 **GET PAID**
Government pays according to the **actual contract payment terms**.
Your LLC repays the financier + financing fees.
**You keep the remaining margin.**
⚠️** BEFORE EVERY BI**D
Verify NAICS/size standard
Set-aside requirements
Subcontracting limitations
Product/country-of-origin requirements
Certifications
Delivery requirements
Insurance/bonding
Supplier compliance
Financing availability
**Your entire model**
**Georgia LLC → SAM/UEI/CAGE → Find contract → Find supplier → Confirm financing → Bid → WIN → Financing → Supplier fulfills → Government accepts → Government pays → Repay financing → Profit**
**Startup goal:** Keep the business extremely lean—**no employees, warehouse, inventory, equipment, or office initially.**

**NMR / SUPPLIER COMPLIANCE:**
Before bidding on a supply contract, Shepherd Solutions will review the solicitation to determine whether the Nonmanufacturer Rule (NMR) applies. **If the NMR applies, Shepherd Solutions will use a qualifying manufacturer or an applicable SBA waiver/exception. If the NMR does not apply, Shepherd Solutions will source the required products from an appropriate supplier that meets the solicitation requirements.**
Shepherd Solutions will verify the product, manufacturer, country of origin, and other requirements before submitting each bid. Suppliers such as Uline, local distributors, or direct manufacturers may be used when their products and fulfillment arrangements meet the specific contract requirements.
Simple rule: Check the solicitation → If NMR applies, follow it → If it doesn't, source normally → Bid only when all requirements are satisfied.

Is this a good business plan? (Experienced contractors only)

I posted yesterday and didn’t know what I was talking about. I did some research and made this business plan. Tell me if I need to change something or add something. Also someone yesterday told me to give up on this and do something simpler. I don’t want any negativity like that on the post or discouragement. Is this good ?

**Shepherd Solutions, LLC (not actual llc yet)**

Shepherd Solutions is a federal supply contractor that sources products from qualified distributors/manufacturers.

Start w $200-$300
Federal Government Prime contracting using subcontracted supply fulfillment

Starting with janitorial/facility supplies

GA LLC $110 ($60/yr)
NAICS (multiple naics numbers to identify what services or products I provide) (naics is provided when registered on Sam.gov) (also register on DLA for gov product contracts)
Business address, email, business phone number
Business bank account
EIN
Register on Sam.gov to get UEI/CAGE code (identifies business )
Build relationships with financier
Find supplier before bidding for pricing
Calculate bid profit after expenses (product, shipping, etc)
Submit bid as prime contractor
Win the contract
Confirm with supplier that all requirements can be done
Apply for PO financing (star funding inc)-"I won the government order and need money to buy/fulfill the products."
Provide financing with govcontract, supplier quote, llc, delivery requirements, profit margin
Financier evaluates contract, approves, then funds supplier
Supplier fulfills order

Gov receives products
Gov pays my LLC (30 days)
LLC pays financier
LLC keeps profit

Net 60 contracts with government and pay back in 60 days.

Gov pays my contract in 30 days.
Net 60- pay back supplier in 60 days.
I keep profit

**Find contract → Get supplier quote → Bid → WIN → PO financing → Supplier fulfills → Government accepts → Government pays → Repay financing → KEEP PROFIT**.

🏢 **SETUP**
**Georgia LLC:** Shepherd Solutions, LLC
**EIN:** Free
**Business bank account**
**Business email + phone**
**SAM.gov registration:** Free
**UEI + CAGE Code:** Obtained through federal registration
**NAICS codes:** Choose appropriate supply categories
**Capability statement:** Simple 1-page document
🔎 **FIND CONTRACTS**
Search **SAM.gov** for simple federal supply opportunities.
Focus on easy-to-source products: janitorial, office, safety, maintenance, and facility supplies.
Find a supplier **before bidding**.
Get pricing, availability, and confirmation they can meet the government's requirements.
💰 **FINANCING**
Calculate **product + shipping + financing + other costs + profit**.
Find a PO-financing company that will consider the government contract.
Give them the **government contract, supplier quote, delivery requirements, LLC information, and financial details**.
Get comfortable with the financing terms **before committing to the order**.
🏆 **WIN & FULFILL**
Submit the bid as **PRIME contractor**.
Win the contract.
Financing funds the approved fulfillment.
**Subcontractor/supplier provides and ships the products.**
Government receives and accepts the products.
Your LLC invoices the government.
💵 **GET PAID**
Government pays according to the **actual contract payment terms**.
Your LLC repays the financier + financing fees.
**You keep the remaining margin.**
⚠️** BEFORE EVERY BI**D
Verify NAICS/size standard
Set-aside requirements
Subcontracting limitations
Product/country-of-origin requirements
Certifications
Delivery requirements
Insurance/bonding
Supplier compliance
Financing availability
**Your entire model**
**Georgia LLC → SAM/UEI/CAGE → Find contract → Find supplier → Confirm financing → Bid → WIN → Financing → Supplier fulfills → Government accepts → Government pays → Repay financing → Profit**
**Startup goal:** Keep the business extremely lean—**no employees, warehouse, inventory, equipment, or office initially.**

**NMR / SUPPLIER COMPLIANCE:**
Before bidding on a supply contract, Shepherd Solutions will review the solicitation to determine whether the Nonmanufacturer Rule (NMR) applies. **If the NMR applies, Shepherd Solutions will use a qualifying manufacturer or an applicable SBA waiver/exception. If the NMR does not apply, Shepherd Solutions will source the required products from an appropriate supplier that meets the solicitation requirements.**
Shepherd Solutions will verify the product, manufacturer, country of origin, and other requirements before submitting each bid. Suppliers such as Uline, local distributors, or direct manufacturers may be used when their products and fulfillment arrangements meet the specific contract requirements.
Simple rule: Check the solicitation → If NMR applies, follow it → If it doesn't, source normally → Bid only when all requirements are satisfied.

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Am I thinking about this the right way?

I'm pretty new to government contracting and trying to figure out if this is actually a realistic business to start.

Right now I don't have a job and I don't have a lot of money to put into a business. I'm trying to find something I can start from home with basically a laptop and internet.

The idea I keep coming back to is government contracting.

Basically, I want to start an LLC, register as a government contractor, find government contracts that I think I can handle, bid on them, and if I win, subcontract the actual work to another company that already knows how to do it.

So basically:

Government → My company → Subcontractor → Actual work

For example, if there's a $100k government janitorial contract, I would find a legit cleaning company that can do the work and get their price before I bid.

If they say they'll do it for $75k, I'd build my bid around that, plus my expenses and profit.

If I won the contract, they would actually do the cleaning and I'd handle the government side, contract management, scheduling, invoices, making sure everything gets done correctly, etc.

I wouldn't be doing the cleaning myself.

I'm trying to understand if this is a normal/legitimate way to operate or if I'm looking at this completely wrong.

What I think I need to do to get started:

• Form an LLC
• Get an EIN
• Open a business bank account
• Register on SAM.gov
• Get whatever insurance is required
• Make a basic website/business email
• Set up bookkeeping
• Find government opportunities
• Find companies that could potentially subcontract the work
• Get their pricing
• Make sure the solicitation allows the subcontracting arrangement
• Submit the bid
• Hopefully win
• Sign the subcontract and have them perform the work
• Manage everything remotely

I'm trying to keep the startup costs as low as possible. I don't want to rent an office, buy equipment, hire employees, or buy trucks. Ideally this would be something I could run from my laptop at home.

Industries

The 3 areas I'm currently looking at are:

1. Janitorial/cleaning

2. Landscaping/grounds maintenance

3. Courier/delivery

Janitorial seems like it might be the best place to start because there are already a lot of cleaning companies that have employees and equipment, so I wouldn't need to build that part myself.

I'm also interested in landscaping and courier work for the same reason.

The part I'm worried about

I know I can't just win a government contract and automatically outsource 100% of the work.

I've been reading about the SBA/FAR subcontracting limitations, especially for small-business set-asides, and I want to make sure I'm doing this correctly.

My plan would be to check the solicitation before bidding and make sure I understand how much I'm allowed to subcontract and what my company has to perform itself.

I don't want to try to find loopholes or misrepresent anything. I want to set it up correctly from the beginning.

Cash flow is another issue

Let's say I win a $100k contract and my subcontractor is going to cost $75k.

I obviously may have to pay them before the government money actually hits my account.

I've been looking into government-contract factoring/receivables financing as a possible solution once I actually have a contract.

My understanding is that there are factoring companies that will potentially advance money against eligible government receivables, but I'm still trying to understand exactly how that works and whether the contract has to allow assignment of the receivable.

My biggest question

Is this actually a realistic business model for someone starting from basically zero?

I'm not expecting to immediately win a $1M contract. I'd be happy getting a small $25k-$100k contract, learning how everything works, performing it correctly, and then scaling from there.

I'm basically trying to build a business where my job is finding the opportunity, winning the contract, managing the contract, and coordinating the companies doing the actual work.

For people who actually do government contracting:

• Is this a realistic way to start?
• Would janitorial be a good first industry?
• Are there better industries for this type of model?
• How hard is it to win your first contract with no government past performance?
• How do you find subcontractors before you bid?
• How much money should I realistically have saved before starting?
• Does government-contract factoring actually work the way I'm thinking?
• What am I missing?
• Would it be smarter to subcontract under an existing government prime first before trying to become a prime myself?

I'm completely new to this, so I'm looking for honest advice, especially from people who have actually done this. Is this dumb or smart?

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I’m thinking about starting a residential painting business and wanted to get opinions from people who have experience in this industry.
My idea is to create an actual painting company where I focus on getting customers, estimating jobs, managing the projects, and handling customer service. I would subcontract the painting work to reliable painters instead of doing the labor myself. The customer would hire my company, and I would manage the entire process from start to finish.

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Is this a good business model? Is painting a good industry to enter right now? Are there any major challenges I’m overlooking with subcontracting painters instead of having employees? If you’ve started or run a painting company, I’d appreciate any advice.

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I don't like these lying politicians and people that take politics way too seriously. I think people sometimes forget that we all have a RIGHT to choose, even if other people don't like the choice we make. That includes not voting.

As millennials, we need to make these politicians give us a reason to vote. We shouldn't be blindly voting for someone based on the party you align with. We need to stop that. I wish we would go back to when people treated others like humans regardless of party. People today need to know who you vote for before having a conversation or judging you. Why cant we just judge each other based on character not a political party?

I think a lot of people have lost their minds and are super tribal about politics. The 2 party system lies and they don't even care about us. All politicians lie and dont follow through with promises they make.

Im done with politics unless an independent comes along that makes sense for me to vote for them. As of now, no politician really cares about us and they dont deserve our vote.

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