What Tenstreet says it offers
From Tenstreet's own pages, read on October 14, 2026:
- A driver lifecycle platform. A Hiring Center to find drivers, get them into trucks and keep them driving; a Safety Center for safety, training and compliance in one digital system; and an Optimization Center for fuel, detention and routes.
- Hiring products. IntelliApp, a pre-populating driver application; the Driver Pulse app, with mobile onboarding and training; and Xchange, which handles employment verifications electronically.
- Enhanced DQF. Digital driver files for DOT and company documents, including the files of terminated drivers; AI that flags items in a file for a safety employee to resolve; tracking of annual MVR reporting and bulk MVR ordering; alerts when a document is near expiry or missing; digital signatures; and an uploader drivers use to photograph documents from a phone.
- The Safety Center. Electronic driver files with custom alerts, a library of interactive training courses, a CSA integration, integrated MVR monitoring, PSP reports through its dashboard and an in-house Clearinghouse team for queries.
- Tenstreet On Demand. A plan it says is designed for smaller fleets: six services bundled, paid month to month only in the months a fleet needs them, including a DQF Control Center that reports missing and expired documents.
Two jobs: hiring a driver and keeping the file
Part 391 splits the driver file work into two jobs, and Tenstreet's pages start with the first.
- At hire, once per driver: the application (391.21); within 30 days of the start, the driving record from each state and the safety performance history from previous employers (391.23); and the road test or the license accepted in its place (391.31, 391.33).
- For as long as the driver drives: a current medical certificate (391.43), good for up to 24 months under 391.45; the annual driving record and the note of its review (391.25); and the file itself, kept for three years after the driver leaves (391.51).
For a fleet that hires two drivers a year, the first list comes up twice a year. The second comes up for every driver, every year. The kinds of option split the same way:
| Kind | Built for | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Hiring and onboarding platform | Applications, verifications and onboarding, with a driver file module | Tenstreet is this kind |
| Managed file service | A vendor's staff keep the files | The office still answers for them under 391.51 |
| Expiration tracker | Watches the expiry dates and sends alerts | Ask whether it keeps the documents or only the dates |
| Spreadsheet and binder | The office keeps the list and the dates | Costs nothing extra; depends on whoever keeps it |
| Records software | Files each document against its rule and shows what is missing | FileFlo is this kind |
How to compare on your own records
- Count two numbers: the drivers you hired in the last twelve months and the drivers on file today. The first sizes the hiring job; the second sizes the file job.
- Pull three driver files: your longest-serving driver, your newest hire and a driver who left in the last three years. Check each against the documents 391.51(b) lists; the driver qualification file checklist names each one with its rule.
- Ask each option four questions: who collects each document, who sees what is missing, who signs the annual review under 391.25, and where the files of drivers who left are kept.
Or start from the public record: the free finding sheet reads what FMCSA's record shows about your carrier from your USDOT number. For the wider field, see driver qualification file software, seven compared, and the four kinds of alternative to J. J. Keller.
Switching from Tenstreet: what to take with you
Under 391.51(a) the duty to keep a qualification file for each driver is the motor carrier's, wherever the file is kept. Before you change, get a copy of every current driver's file and of each file for a driver who left in the last three years, including the application and the records of the inquiries made at hire. If Tenstreet stays for hiring, the documents each new hire produces go into that driver's file wherever the file is kept.
Worked example: an eleven-truck carrier that hires twice a year
Illustration, not a customer
The fleet has eleven drivers and hired two in the last twelve months. The owner writes the year's driver file work in two lists:
- The hiring job, twice: each new driver's application (391.21) and, within 30 days of the start, the driving records and the safety performance history (391.23).
- The file job, all year: eleven medical certificates, each good for up to 24 months (391.45); eleven annual driving records and review notes (391.25); and the files of the two drivers who left last year, kept for three years (391.51(c)).
The owner prices each option against the second list, since it is the one that never stops.
Where FileFlo does the work
Most compliance tools track a date someone typed in and send a notice. FileFlo does the work behind the date: it reads each document, finds the date, checks it against the rule, files it where the rule wants it and works out what is due next, for every driver and every recurring item. When you hire a driver, the file gets its list and its clock: the prior-employer safety performance investigation is due 30 days after the start date. Records arrive by upload, a bulk ZIP or each driver's own phone link, and each one is read, dated and filed on the right driver's file against the rule it satisfies. Nothing goes out to your drivers until you switch each routine on and choose who hears, how and when.
Sources
Checked
- The Tenstreet platform: Hiring, Safety and Optimization Centers, Tenstreet. Read October 14, 2026
- Enhanced DQF, Tenstreet. Read October 14, 2026
- The Safety Center, Tenstreet. Read October 14, 2026
- Tenstreet On Demand for small fleets, Tenstreet. Read October 14, 2026
- 49 CFR 391.51, driver qualification files and their retention, eCFR
- 49 CFR 391.21, application for employment, eCFR
- 49 CFR 391.23, investigation and inquiries at hire, eCFR
- 49 CFR 391.25, annual inquiry and review of driving record, eCFR
- 49 CFR 391.31 and 391.33, road test and its equivalent, eCFR
- 49 CFR 391.43 and 391.45, medical examination and certificate, eCFR
Questions
What does Tenstreet offer for driver qualification files?
From its own pages, read October 14, 2026: digital driver files for DOT and company documents, including the files of terminated drivers, AI that flags items in a file for a safety employee to resolve, document expiration alerts, digital signatures, a mobile uploader for drivers and bulk MVR ordering. The files sit inside its driver lifecycle platform, beside its hiring and safety tools.
Does Tenstreet offer a plan for small fleets?
Tenstreet says its Tenstreet On Demand is designed for smaller fleets: a month-to-month plan that bundles six services, among them posting to job boards, its driver application and a DQF Control Center that reports missing and expired documents.
Which part of the driver file work recurs?
The application and the inquiries made at hire are done once per driver (391.21, 391.23). The medical certificate (391.43), the annual driving record and its review (391.25) and the file kept for three years after a driver leaves (391.51) recur for as long as the driver drives.
What should a carrier take when switching from Tenstreet?
A copy of every current driver's file and of each file for a driver who left in the last three years, including the application and the records of the inquiries made at hire. Under 391.51(a) the duty to keep the file is the motor carrier's, wherever the file is kept.