SDDC military freight bonds.
From $100. Enter your amount.
To move Department of Defense freight as a broker, forwarder, or logistics company, the Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) requires a performance bond — up to $100,000, filed electronically with the command. Pricing is 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum — enter the amount SDDC requires and your exact price appears at the application. A quick soft credit check may apply; it is never a hard inquiry and never affects your score.
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SDDC approval is waiting on this bond, filed electronically with the command. Here is the whole process:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount SDDC requires, and the effective date — plus a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. That is the entire application.
Reviewed & approved
Most clear quickly; for larger amounts an underwriter reaches out within 48 hours. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score.
Filed electronically with SDDC
Pay online and receive the executed bond — this bond is filed electronically with the SDDC, ready to support your military-freight approval. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the SDDC bond actually guarantees
The Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) is the Army component of U.S. Transportation Command that manages surface movement of Department of Defense freight. To move DOD freight, a carrier, broker, forwarder, or logistics company must qualify with SDDC — and surface freight brokers, forwarders, shipper agents, and air freight forwarders must post a performance bond.
The bond is a financial guarantee that you will fulfill your contractual obligations to deliver DOD freight as agreed. If you default — through non-performance, bankruptcy, or abandonment of shipments — SDDC can file a claim against the bond to recover damages. For brokers and forwarders, the amount is commonly set at the $100,000 performance level.
This bond is filed electronically with the SDDC, not mailed. It is a guarantee, not insurance for you: if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. We issue the amount SDDC requires from $100 — a quick soft credit check may apply, and it never affects your score.
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One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. This bond is filed electronically with SDDC once issued.
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SDDC approval is waiting on one document.
From $100, short application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.