B08_ATCH_2_508.pdf

This document is an ICT Accessibility Requirements Statement per the Revised Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, establishing accessibility standards for electronic software and related deliverables in federal contracts.

The requirements establish mandatory accessibility compliance across electronic software, web-based applications, and non-web software components. Software must conform to WCAG 2.0 Level A and AA Success Criteria, with specific word substitutions applied when WCAG guidelines are adapted for non-web software (replacing "Web page" or "page" with "software"). Electronic content must comply with E205 standards, with particular attention to agency official communications including emergency notifications, administrative decisions, program announcements, benefits notices, acknowledgments, surveys, templates, forms, training materials, and intranet content. The document specifies detailed technical criteria for software accessibility, including requirements that software interoperate with assistive technology (502.1), document accessibility features (502.2), ensure programmatic determinability of object information and relationships (502.3-502.7), support user action execution (502.11-502.14), conform to WCAG 2.0 standards (503), and permit user preferences for color, contrast, font type, font size, and focus cursor (503.2). Specific WCAG success criteria exceptions apply, excluding Bypass Blocks, Multiple Ways, Consistent Navigation, and Consistent Identification for certain content categories. The accessibility requirements should be incorporated into solicitation documents (SOO, SOW, PWS, etc.), with additional guidance available through the Revised 508 Standards Toolkit.