LMR_materials_ACT_FY19.pdf

Accessibility Requirements Tool

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ICT Accessibility Requirements Statement per the Revised Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act

LMR support equipment and materials

Department of Agriculture - Forest Service General Exceptions

Technical Criteria:

• The CIO Radio Program will be purchasing radio equipment and materials in FY 19 to support Operations and Maintenance and Development, Modernization and

Enhancement to LMR systems Forest Service wide. Technical environmental features that might affect accessibility to the equipment identified, will only be used and maintained by radio personal in a physical space frequented only by service personnel. They perform preventative maintenance, repair, operations, or occasional monitoring in places such as remote shelters, telecommunication closets by Radio technicians to quickly replace like for like faulty parts. All items purchased are commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) items or from the Forest Service LMR BPA, GSA, SEWP contract vehicles and meet National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) standards for digital radio communications for use by federal, state -

• province and local public safety agencies in North America to enable them to communicate with other agencies and mutual aid response teams in emergencies.

Any provisions or products determined to be commercially available in pre-solicitation market research and are indicated as either partially or not 508 compliant will be provided an alternative format or equivalent facilitation upon request for any individual seeking accessibility. Reasonable accommodation will be provided as required. -

Exceptions:

• E202.5 ICT Functions Located in Maintenance or Monitoring Spaces -

Where status indicators and operable parts for ICT functions are located in spaces that are frequented only by service personnel for maintenance, repair, or occasional monitoring of equipment, such status indicators and operable parts shall not be required to conform to the Revised 508 Standards.

Instructions

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The Accessibility Requirements Report should be incorporated into the solicitation requirements document (SOO, SOW, PWS, etc.). Please go to the Revised 508 Standards

Roadmap (https://section508.gov/manage/program-roadmap) for further information on the procurement process.