GPAT_13-250-SOL-00007-JL.docx

Attachment “A” of Amendment two (2) Solicitation Number 13-250-SOL-00007-JL December 6, 2012 The following text is hereby added to Section L.4.1:

The GPAT identifies government accessibility requirements applicable Section 508 provisions to a specific acquisition. Upon review of the Statement of Work, the government populates the total number of provisions, based on the interpretation of the SOW.

Instructions:

The first section of the GPAT is a summary table of the government’s accessibility requirements. It identifies the total number of applicable provisions, with notes that further explain these requirements.

Next the GPAT has a table for each section of the standard with 5 columns. The vendor completes columns four and five.

1. Column one is the full text of the provision from the Standard.

1. Column two documents the agency’s accessibility requirement based on common characteristics or special requirements for the EIT deliverable. There will be a Yes or No in this column based on program need and actual characteristics of the expected deliverable (i.e., Is this provision seen as applicable to the expected deliverable?)

1. Column three provides explanatory information about the provision to help both the agency in determining applicability and the vendor in providing accessibility information.

1. Column four is for the vendor to check off whether the deliverable meets, partially meets or does not meet the specific provision.

1. Column five is for the vendor to provide an explanation of how the deliverable meets or does not meet the specific provision. It is also an opportunity to explain why a deliverable does not have an applicable feature or why it has a feature that was not identified as applicable.

In many cases a deliverable will have extra functionality that the government did not anticipate when they prepared their solicitation. For example, say you have a video included in a training module, Section 508 requires you to let the government know how well that functionality meets Section 508, even if they marked video/captioning requirements as not applicable.

Returning to the summary section, you can now indicate how the accessibility features of your product or service meet these requirements (fully, partially or not at all) for each section of the standard. There is space provided for notes to summarize accessibility features.

You can see some example GPATs in the GSA Quick Links page.

If any of the Section 508 technical or functional provisions are confusing, you can check out the Quick Reference Guide which goes over each individual sub-part.