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Overview
Royal Mail Wholesale offers a free service to Software Suppliers for testing Access software. This service is only applicable to software that has been designated to sort addresses for Access 70 (OCR or CBC), 700 (CBC), 120 (OCR or CBC), 1400 and Access Walksort.
Royal Mail Wholesale requires that Access 70, 120 and 700 customers use accredited software. Access 1400 and Access Walksort customers are recommended (but not required) to use accredited software.
A supplier who passes the accreditation process will have the option of appearing on Royal Mail Wholesale’s accredited software suppliers directory.
Please note: although it is not part of the accreditation, you will be expected to amend your software to produce the correct Customer Final Labels to Royal Mail Wholesale’s specification. See Section 7 of the User Guide for the relevant final label specification.
Test Process
If you wish to have your Access software tested, you will be required to sort a list of approximately 29,600 UK addresses and submit for validation the electronic Computer Planning Report (CPR), Line Listing and the Sorted Test Address list generated by your software.
The test process involves the following steps:
Download a copy of the Test Data Contract stating that you will use the list for software testing purposes only, and return the completed version to the Royal Mail Wholesale department.
Step 2 - Test Data Download
Download the Access Test Address List and Database and/or the Access Walksort Test Address List and Database.
Step 3 - Sorting The Test Address List
Sort the test address list using your Access or Access Walksort software.
Step 4 - Submission of Test Results
Produce the required versions of an electronic Computer Planning Report, Line Listings and Sorted Test Address List, and submit them to the Royal Mail Wholesale department for validation.
Step 5 - Software Suppliers Directory
Once your software has passed, if you wish to be included in the Access suppliers directory, or wish to have your existing entry renewed then download, complete and return the Access Product Questionnaire.
