Florida consortium/third party administrator offering DOT drug and alcohol testing, owner-operator random pools, Clearinghouse reporting and queries, policies, training and audit assistance.
Services
Who it serves
Overview
National Drug Screening (NDS) is a consortium/third party administrator (C/TPA) based in Melbourne, Florida. It runs DOT drug and alcohol testing programs for employers in every DOT mode, including FMCSA-regulated trucking, and has a dedicated program for owner-operators, who must belong to a random testing consortium because they cannot run a random pool for themselves.
For a single-truck carrier or a small fleet, NDS covers the drug and alcohol piece of DOT compliance: pre-employment testing, random selection, Clearinghouse reporting, required queries and help during audits. It does not position itself as an authority or tax filing service.
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Services
DOT consortium: enrollment of drivers into a random drug and alcohol testing pool, for both employers and owner-operators.
Testing: pre-employment, random, reasonable suspicion, post-accident, return-to-duty and follow-up testing, with same-day service and onsite or mobile collection available.
Clearinghouse: as C/TPA, NDS says it runs the required annual limited query (with a paper consent form it supplies), can run a query on a new owner-operator's history, and reports positive tests, employer-determined refusals, alcohol results of 0.04 or higher, actual knowledge of on-duty use, and return-to-duty and follow-up completions after the Substance Abuse Professional process.
Policies and training: DOT drug and alcohol policies, DOT training and live training webinars.
Audit help: the company says audit and new entrant exam assistance is included in its owner-operator program at no extra charge, and its DOT compliance page says programs include help with DOT agency audits.
Who it is for
NDS is most useful for owner-operators and small carriers that need a compliant random testing program quickly. Its owner-operator page says enrollment can happen the same day, with a certificate of compliance emailed shortly after. Larger fleets in multiple DOT modes can use its employer programs. Carriers that also need authority, IFTA or IRP filings will need another provider for that work.
Employers outside trucking, and companies that run both DOT and non-DOT testing, can also use NDS, which lets a business with office staff and drivers keep testing with one administrator.
How working with them works
For owner-operators, NDS lists a single annual fee of $230, as listed on its website in November 2026, which it says covers every random test the driver is selected for. A pre-employment urine test is done at a nearby collection site, or a negative result from elsewhere can be accepted, along with a pre-employment Clearinghouse query.
Clearinghouse query credits are bought separately by the carrier from FMCSA, two per year at $1.25 each according to the NDS page. Employer program pricing is not published; employers order online or call 866-843-4545.
Questions to ask before you sign
What must you do yourself in the FMCSA Clearinghouse? NDS's own page lists steps the carrier handles: registering as an employer in the Clearinghouse, designating National Drug Screening as its C/TPA during registration, adding driver information including the CDL number, buying query credits and giving consent when queries are run. Make sure these are done, because the service does not work until they are.
What does the annual fee include, and what costs extra? Confirm that random tests, MRO review and Clearinghouse reporting are inside the $230 owner-operator fee, and ask about the cost of the pre-employment test, post-accident testing and return-to-duty testing.
Which filings are outside the service? NDS handles drug and alcohol compliance. You still file your USDOT registration, MCS-150 updates, authority, UCR and tax returns yourself or through another provider. NDS is a private company, not a government agency.
What audit help do you get? Ask what NDS provides for a new entrant safety audit or compliance review, such as enrollment certificates, random selection records and MIS data.
Where is the nearest collection site to where you usually are, and how is testing handled if you are selected while on the road?
Company background
NDS lists its office at 129 W. Hibiscus Boulevard, Suite H, Melbourne, FL 32901. Its accreditations page says it achieved NAADATP accreditation for administration of drug and alcohol testing programs and is a certified C/TPA through NDASA, which merged with DATIA in May 2023. It became BBB accredited in February 2020.
The page names Joe Reilly as president, describing him as a trainer of certified drug collectors for more than 20 years and a former DATIA board chairman, and Tom Fulmer as vice president of business development. The founding year is not stated on the pages reviewed.
Sources
Information compiled from public sources. Last verified November 2026. Confirm details directly with the company.
