Temperature-controlled

Built around your temperature protocols.

Biologics, vaccines and research samples often travel with a temperature requirement. Talk to us about your packaging, logging and handling protocols, and we will tell you plainly what we can support.

What we handle

This service is for shipments that travel with a temperature requirement: biologics, vaccines and research samples moving between labs, pharmacies, clinics and storage sites in the capital region. We start with your packaging, logging and handling protocols, not with a claim of our own.

We do not advertise a validated cold-chain program or a particular class of temperature-control equipment. If your shipment requires specific packaging, a data logger or a handling procedure you already use, we will design the run around those instructions — or decline the work if we cannot meet them. At launch we do not carry Category A materials, regulated medical waste or controlled substances.

How a run is documented

We confirm the window, the packaging and the handling in a written quote before the run starts. The driver is an employee, trained on our procedures, including HIPAA-aware handling, and drives a company electric van. Temperature-sensitive items on our pharmacy and specimen routes already ride in a logged tote; for this work we will follow the packing and logging method you specify.

Proof of delivery is a signature, a photo and a timestamp at every handoff. Live tracking and a client portal are on the roadmap and are not available yet. If your workflow calls for a business associate agreement, we are glad to discuss one.

Typical requests

  • A vaccine or biologic transfer between a pharmacy, a clinic and a storage site, packed to your instructions.
  • A research-sample run between laboratories, with your logger and paperwork kept with the shipment.
  • A standing route of temperature-sensitive stops, designed around your packing protocol.
  • A STAT transfer when a sample or biologic cannot wait for the next planned run, accepted only when we can support the handling you require.

In this region

Labs, specialty pharmacies and research sites across DC, Bethesda, Arlington, Fairfax and the close-in Maryland suburbs already keep their own packing procedures. A useful courier here is one that will read those instructions, confirm them in writing, and tell you when a requirement is outside what we can support.

We do not list manufacturers, health systems or laboratories as clients or partners on this page. Send us your protocol and the window, and we will tell you whether we can run it.

Planned, not yet in place. Live tracking and a client portal are on the roadmap. Commercial auto, cargo and general liability coverage are planned before the first run, with certificates available on request. Online booking is on the roadmap. Today you can request a written quote through the form.

Request a quote

Let’s design this run.

We’re launching now and booking pilot routes. Tell us what you ship, how often, and the area you cover. We’ll follow up shortly with a written quote — the window and the handling spelled out.

Prefer to write directly? hello@steelpromise.com