Tendered to an agent, is an alert notification sent to the owner of delivery to inform them that their delivery has been transferred from one service provider to another. It informs the owner of delivery that a different service provider is in charge of getting the delivery to its last endpoint. It is possible to track a parcel delivery, from the moment it gets to a service provider to the moment it gets to its endpoint. The tendered-to-agent notification pops up in the tracking information. Tendering to an agent is unavoidable, even for big service providers like FedEx, UPS, and DHL. The information is not disclosed to people when paying for the shipping, but in the end, deliveries are handed over to another service provider, mainly USPS. FedEx, UPS, and DHL may not have the resources, structures, and human resource required for delivering parcels to the last endpoint, but USPS has a widespread delivery network to ship every single delivery they get to every endpoint without being limited by anything For these reasons, USPS relates and partners with FedEx, UPS, and DHL to get deliveries to their last end point hence the notification
There are times when the tracking code remains as provided by the first service provider in the whole process of delivery, even though delivery has been tendered to an agent. Other times the tracking code is changed, and a person is given another one by the contracted service provider. There is not a given time a person will not be able to access the tracking information, even when the delivery is tendered to an agent.
Process of Tendering to an agent
Tendered to an agent notification, however, does not call for a person to do anything when it pops up. Its meaning is simply that someone else is in charge of bringing the delivery to a person’s door.
How Many Times Should Tendered Agent Notification Pop UP?
If you receive a tracking notification for some days, weeks, or more but there is no indication as to who the delivery was transferred to or what the problem could be, reach out to the original shipping partner. You may be able to get information about what the problem could be and better still, get the contact information of those who should be tracking your delivery. The most important thing is that a person finally gets their deliveries.
Conclusion
Online services have made the shipping process much more convenient. People being able to track the movement of their deliveries is an advantage because cases of missing deliveries are no longer common, the delivery period has also reduced, people can get their deliveries fast, and even the service providers’ work has been made simple. Tendering to an agent has made it possible for the service provider to send deliveries even when they don’t have enough resources, structures, and human resources because they can transfer the responsibility. Finally, the global economy has improved. Shipping goods from one country to another has become possible.
