About

Built to be reachable.

Nine North Solutions is a California-based consortium/third-party administrator serving DOT-regulated employers across trucking, passenger transport, aviation, transit, marine, and rail.

Why we started this

Compliance vendors in this industry have a reputation problem, and it's earned. The federal regulator publishes standing fraud alerts about companies in our category impersonating government agencies. Complaint files are full of auto-renewals nobody agreed to and cancellations that took months. Prices are hidden behind quote calls for a service that is federally defined and identical everywhere.

We think the whole thing can be run straight: publish the prices, put the total cost in front of people before they sign, bill one line per charge, and let anyone cancel the day they ask. None of that is clever. It's just unusual here.

What we actually do

We are the administrator, not the laboratory. We run your random selections, maintain your records, manage your Clearinghouse account, and coordinate testing through a nationwide network of collection sites and SAMHSA-certified labs, with a licensed Medical Review Officer reviewing every non-negative result.

When an auditor asks for your file, we produce it. That's the job.

What we don't do

We don't sell background checks or MVR reports, and we don't advise anyone on whether to hire a driver. Those are consumer-reporting activities with their own regulatory regime, and we'd rather do one thing properly than four things adequately. If you need them, we'll point you to someone who does them well.

Credentials

  • FMCSA-registered Consortium/Third-Party Administrator
  • Programs administered under 49 CFR Part 40 and Part 382
  • SAMHSA-certified laboratory network
  • Licensed Medical Review Officer on every result
  • ADD NDASA accreditation — once issued

Talk to us before you enroll.

We'd rather answer your questions now than have you sign up for something you didn't fully understand.