Attachment 2 Section 508.pdf
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- S5121A26QE006
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Defense Contract Management Agency
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This document is an Accessibility Requirements Tool that outlines Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act compliance standards for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) products and services within the Enterprise Toll Management Service solicitation. The document establishes mandatory accessibility requirements across electronic content, hardware, and software components. Electronic content must conform to WCAG 2.0 Level A and Level AA Success Criteria, with public-facing content and certain agency official communications (including emergency notifications, administrative decisions, program announcements, employment opportunities, forms, and training materials) required to meet these standards. Hardware and software components that transmit information or have user interfaces must comply with the functional performance criteria outlined in Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 of the Revised 508 Standards, respectively, with an exception for assistive technology software supporting platform accessibility services.
The document includes four instructions to offerors and one acceptance criterion. Offerors must provide an Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR) for each commercially available ICT item using the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) Version 2.1 or later, with detailed explanations of how each item meets applicable Section 508 standards, evaluation methods used, and clarification of conformance scope across user functionality, administrator functionality, and reporting. Additionally, offerors must describe their approach to universal design principles, plans for features that do not fully conform to Section 508 standards, and typical user scenarios including individuals with disabilities for accessibility testing. The government reserves the right to perform independent testing on required ICT items prior to award to validate conformance claims and may require remediation of delivered items if claims are found to be inaccurate.
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Accessibility Requirements Tool
ICT Accessibility Requirements Statement per
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act
Solicitation Development
Enterprise Toll Management Service
E205 Electronic Content
E205.1 General. Electronic content shall comply with E205.
E205.2 Public Facing. Electronic content that is public facing shall conform to the accessibility requirements specified in E205.4.
E205.3 Agency Official Communication. Electronic content that is not public facing shall conform to the accessibility requirements specified in E205.4 when such content constitutes official business and is communicated by an agency through one or more of the following:
● A. An emergency notification;
● B. An initial or final decision adjudicating an administrative claim or proceeding;
● C. An internal or external program or policy announcement;
● D. A notice of benefits, program eligibility, employment opportunity, or personnel action;
● E. A formal acknowledgement of receipt;
● F. A survey questionnaire;
● G. A template or form;
● H. Educational or training materials; or
● I. Intranet content designed as a Web page.
E205.4 Accessibility Standard (WCAG 2.0). Electronic content shall conform to
Level A and Level AA Success Criteria and Conformance Requirements in WCAG
2.0 (Incorporated by reference, see 702.10.1).
E206 Hardware
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.
E207 Software
E207.1 General. Where components of ICT are software and transmit information or have a user interface, such components shall conform to E207 and the requirements in Chapter 5
Exception from E207.1 General: Software that is assistive technology and that supports the accessibility services of the platform shall not be required to conform to the requirements in Chapter 5.
E301 General
E301.1 Scope. The requirements of Chapter 3 shall apply to ICT where required by
508 Chapter 2 (Scoping Requirements), 255 Chapter 2 (Scoping Requirements), and where otherwise referenced in any other chapter of the Revised 508 Standards or
Revised 255 Guidelines.
E302 Functional Performance Criteria
302.1 Without Vision. Where a visual mode of operation is provided, ICT shall provide at least one mode of operation that does not require user vision.
302.2 With Limited Vision. Where a visual mode of operation is provided, ICT shall provide at least one mode of operation that enables users to make use of limited vision.
302.3 Without Perception of Color. Where a visual mode of operation is provided, ICT shall provide at least one visual mode of operation that does not require user perception of color.
302.4 Without Hearing. Where an audible mode of operation is provided, ICT shall provide at least one mode of operation that does not require user hearing.
302.5 With Limited Hearing. Where an audible mode of operation is provided, ICT shall provide at least one mode of operation that enables users to make use of limited hearing.
302.6 Without Speech. Where speech is used for input, control, or operation, ICT shall provide at least one mode of operation that does not require user speech.
302.7 With Limited Manipulation. Where a manual mode of operation is provided, ICT shall provide at least one mode of operation that does not require fine motor control or simultaneous manual operations.
302.8 With Limited Reach and Strength. Where a manual mode of operation is provided, ICT shall provide at least one mode of operation that is operable with limited reach and limited strength.
302.9 With Limited Language, Cognitive, and Learning Abilities. ICT shall provide features making its use by individuals with limited cognitive, language, and learning abilities simpler and easier.
503 Applications
503.1 General. Applications shall conform to 503.
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.
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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