ICT Accessibility Requirements Statement.pdf
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- DC Remote Adapter - RFQ Federal contract opportunity
- Solicitation number
- 12760424Q176
- Issued by
- Department of Agriculture Forest Service
About this file
This document is an Accessibility Requirements Statement related to a federal contract opportunity. It outlines the Section 508 requirements for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) products and services. Key details include:
The requirements state that ICT components that transmit information or have a user interface must conform to the accessibility standards in Chapter 4. Documentation must list and explain the accessibility and compatibility features, and electronic support documentation must conform to WCAG 2.0 Level A and AA. Offerors must provide an Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR) for each ICT item using the VPAT template, detailing how the item meets the applicable Section 508 standards. Offerors must also describe their approach to incorporating universal design principles and plans for any non-conforming features. The government reserves the right to perform testing to validate the offeror's Section 508 conformance claims prior to acceptance.
The related federal contract opportunity is for the procurement of DC Remote Adapters for the USDA Forest Service, under a firm-fixed-price Purchase Order. This is a small business set-aside solicitation with no partial quotes allowed.
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| DC Term Panel Specifications.pdf | ||
| USDA Security Contract Language.pdf | ||
| RFQ_Equipment Template Q176.pdf | ||
| Bill of Materials_WFAM_NIICD DCRemoteAdapter.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet |
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Accessibility Requirements Tool
ICT Accessibility Requirements Statement per
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act
Matt Holmes
Solicitation Development
CIO LMR Power Systems
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.
E206.1 General. Where components of ICT are hardware and transmit information or have a user interface, such components shall conform to the requirements in
Chapter 4.
602.1 General.Documentation that supports the use of ICT shall conform to 602.
602.2 Accessibility and Compatibility Features. Documentation shall list and explain how to use the accessibility and compatibility features required by Chapters
4 and 5. Documentation shall include accessibility features that are built-in and accessibility features that provide compatibility with assistive technology.
602.3 Electronic Support Documentation. Documentation in electronic format, including Web-based self-service support, shall conform to Level A and Level AA
Success Criteria and Conformance Requirements in WCAG 2.0 (incorporated by reference, see 702.10.1).
602.4 Alternate Formats for Non-Electronic Support Documentation. Where support documentation is only provided in non-electronic formats, alternate formats usable by individuals with disabilities shall be provided upon request.
Instructions to Offerors
1 Provide an Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR) for each commercially available Information and Communication Technology (ICT) item offered through this contract. Create the ACR using the Voluntary Product
Accessibility Template Version 2.1 or later, located at https://www.itic.org/policy/accessibility/vpat. Complete each ACR in accordance with the instructions provided in the VPAT template. Each ACR must address the applicable Section 508 requirements referenced in the Work
Statement. Each ACR shall state exactly how the ICT meets the applicable standards in the remarks/explanations column, or through additional narrative.
All "Not Applicable" (N/A) responses must be explained in the remarks/explanations column or through additional narrative. Address each standard individually and with specificity, and clarify whether conformance is achieved throughout the entire ICT Item (for example - user functionality, administrator functionality, and reporting), or only in limited areas of the ICT
Item. Provide a description of the evaluation methods used to support Section
508 conformance claims. The agency reserves the right, prior to making an award decision, to perform testing on some or all of the Offeror’s proposed
ICT items to validate Section 508 conformance claims made in the ACR.
2 Describe your approach to incorporating universal design principles to ensure
ICT products or services are designed to support disabled users.
3 Describe plans for features that do not fully conform to the Section 508
Standards.
https://www.itic.org/policy/accessibility/vpat
4 Describe "typical" user scenarios and tasks, including individuals with disabilities, to ensure fair and accurate accessibility testing of the ICT product or service being offered.
Acceptance Criteria
1 Prior to acceptance, the government reserves the right to perform testing on required ICT items to validate the offeror’s Section 508 conformance claims. If the government determines that Section 508 conformance claims provided by the offeror represent an inaccurate level of conformance than what is actually delivered to the agency, the government shall, at its option, require the offeror to remediate the delivered item to align with the required Section 508 conformance claims prior to acceptance.
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