B08_ATCH_2_508.pdf

This document is an ICT Accessibility Requirements Statement per the Revised Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act applicable to electronic software procurements.

The document establishes mandatory accessibility standards for software and electronic content. Software components must conform to Section 508 Chapter 5 requirements and interoperate with assistive technology per standard 502. User interface components and platform content must meet WCAG 2.0 Level A and Level AA Success Criteria. For non-web software, "Web page" and "page" terminology in WCAG standards are substituted with "software." Multi-step software activities must conform to WCAG 2.0 specifications. Electronic content must comply with E205 standards, with specific requirements for non-public-facing agency communications including emergency notifications, administrative decisions, program announcements, benefits notices, acknowledgements, surveys, templates, forms, educational materials, and intranet content. Non-web documents must apply WCAG Level A and AA Success Criteria with specified exceptions including Bypass Blocks, Multiple Ways, Consistent Navigation, and Consistent Identification. Software must include documented accessibility features, maintain platform accessibility features without disruption, provide programmable object information and relationships, support user modification of values and text, enable assistive technology to execute available actions, track focus and text insertion points, notify assistive technology of event changes, permit user preference settings for color, contrast, font characteristics, and focus cursor, and conform to Section 503 application standards. The document directs incorporation of these requirements into solicitation documents (SOO, SOW, PWS) and references the Revised 508 Standards Toolkit for procurement guidance.