The audit you can fail and still keep your authority.
Better to find your gaps in a mock audit than in the real one. We run the same review an FMCSA auditor would — DQ files, HOS records, drug-and-alcohol program, maintenance records, accident register — and you fix what you find before it counts.
49 CFR Parts 385, 390, 391, 395, 396 · New Entrant Safety Assurance Program
What this engagement covers.
New-entrant audit prep for carriers in their first 12 months of authority.
Pre-audit review for established carriers with a focused or compliance review opened.
Annual internal audit for carriers without an active FMCSA investigation but who want a documented review cadence.
Live audit support — we attend the actual FMCSA audit on request.
Best for
Who this fits.
- New entrants approaching their 12-month FMCSA review.
- Carriers who have received notice of a focused or compliance review.
- Established carriers who want to document an annual internal-audit cadence as evidence of safety management controls.
Deliverables
Deliverables.
Written gap-list keyed to 49 CFR Parts
Every finding cross-referenced to the regulation, with severity rating and remediation deadline.
Remediation plan with named owners
Each gap gets an action, an owner, and a deadline. The plan ships as a board-ready document.
Document-pack reorganization
DQ files, HOS records, and maintenance files reorganized into the structure auditors expect to see.
Live audit attendance (optional)
A consultant in the room during the FMCSA audit to handle questions and provide context. Most clients use this for the higher-stakes reviews.
How the work runs
How the work runs.
- 01
Records request
We request the same records an FMCSA reviewer would: random-sample DQ files, HOS records by VIN, drug-and-alcohol program documentation, maintenance records, accident register.
- 02
Audit
A consultant works through every record category, scoring each against the regulation. The output is the gap list.
- 03
Remediate and re-test
Owners execute the remediation plan. We re-sample 30 days later to verify the gaps closed and stayed closed.
Want this scoped for your fleet?
The first call is diagnostic, not a pitch.
Tell us where your fleet stands today. We'll tell you what to fix first, what this engagement looks like for you, and whether the work needs us or not.