TEST &TRIALVOUCHER SCHEME (TVS)
Benefits • Enable the practical development, trialling and demonstration of innovative or new solutions for the rail market. • Open to qualifying businesses and Academic/Research bodies. Process All that is required is a brief outline of the proposal and then a member of the team will contact you to discuss the details and to make a firm booking.Applicants will be encouraged to either attend one of the monthly QRTC briefing days or if that is not possible, to arrange a visit to the QRTC site to better understand the requirements of the proposed testing/trialling. There are no formal restrictions in terms of technology readiness levels (TRL) although this scheme is targeted at the latter stages of the route to market, eg TRL 4-7.
The Rail Safety and Standards Board’s (RSSB) Test Voucher Scheme (TVS) gives up to (typically) three days subsidised access to test and trials facilities within the UK to assist UK-based companies in developing their products, goods and services for the rail sector.Typically, this assistance is offered to companies transiting through the Technology Readiness Levels 4-7 space – the facilities used may be primary, secondary or tertiary facilities at a number of locations around the UK. Depending on individual requirements this may include test loop and infrastructure, traction, rolling stock and trials staff time. Ordinarily, the maximum value gained per company/consortium through the scheme from the 3 days’ testing or trialling is £3000 per company per product. Although the site at QRTC has been used for 250+ company test days since 2013 the Rail Alliance keeps record of other primary, secondary and tertiary testing facilities to ensure that the best possible match is made between test requirement and test location. Although in the process of being updated, the list of rail testing and trialling sites can be added to should you be able to offer such a facility within the UK – once complete this database of test and trial facilities will be hosted on this web page and will be continuously updated as a matter of course.Where companies require to carry out testing and trialling in the TRL 8-9 space there would be an expectation on behalf of RSSB that funding would be in place from the eventual customer to enable this testing to take place.
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