C04c__ICT Language PowerSystems_12760426Q0150.pdf

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Attached to: Northstar Batteries, Trays, and Accessories for Ashley NF
Solicitation number: 12760426Q0150
Issued by: Department of Agriculture Forest Service

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This is an Accessibility Requirements Tool document that establishes ICT Accessibility Requirements Statements per Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act for the Power Systems procurement, prepared by Sandra Bicek in Solicitation Development.

The document outlines mandatory accessibility standards applicable to all ICT that agencies procure, develop, maintain, or use. Key requirements include: electronic content must comply with WCAG 2.0 Level A and Level AA standards; public-facing content requires full conformance while agency official communications (emergency notifications, administrative decisions, program announcements, benefits notices, forms, training materials, and intranet content) must also conform; hardware components transmitting information or featuring user interfaces must meet Chapter 4 requirements; and support documentation and services must conform to Chapter 6 requirements. The document specifies functional performance criteria requiring ICT to support users without vision, with limited vision, without color perception, without hearing, with limited hearing, without speech, with limited manipulation, with limited reach and strength, and with limited language, cognitive, and learning abilities.

Instructions to Offerors require submission of an Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR) for each commercially available ICT item using the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template Version 2.1 or later, with detailed explanations of conformance methods and evaluation approaches. Offerors must describe universal design principles, plans for non-conforming features, and typical user scenarios including individuals with disabilities. The Acceptance Criteria reserve the government's right to perform pre-award and post-delivery testing to validate Section 508 conformance claims, with authority to require remediation if delivered items fail to meet claimed conformance levels prior to contract acceptance.

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Accessibility Requirements Tool

ICT Accessibility Requirements Statement per Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act

Sandra Bicek

Solicitation Development

Power Systems

E201 Application

E201.1 Scope. ICT that is procured, developed, maintained, or used by agencies shall conform to the Revised 508 Standards.

E202 General Exceptions

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.

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.

E208 Support Documentation and Services

E208.1 General. Where an agency provides support documentation or services for ICT, such documentation and services shall conform to the requirements in Chapter 6.

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 https://www.itic.org/policy/accessibility/vpat

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.